TOO HOT A PACE

NZ Truth, Issue 1127, 7 July 1927, Page 9

TOO HOT A PACE

OE was an Irishman of smart ** military bearing and his good conduct medals, as wed as an excellent Army record, did not lend much color to his wife's assertion * m the Dunedin Police Court that as a husband he was no. bon. Counsel Budge Irwin, on the other side of the fence, contended that there was no need for the wife to ask for separation and maintenance orders, as his client was - willing to prove what a positive angel he could be m the heaven > called home. Moreover, the husband had set su.eh a hot pace m ah Auckland military pageant that the others experienced some difficulty m following his lead. . "Yes," cut m his contemporary m the little game of legal fisticuffs, "His wife says there are a good few to-day who can't keep pace with him — m the bar. 11