BRIEF REPLIES TO CORRESPONDENTS

NZ Truth, Issue 1136, 8 September 1927, Page 16

BRIEF REPLIES TO CORRESPONDENTS

"Kaikorai" (Dunedin): (1) Yes. (2) Yes. (3) This will depend on whether you come to an agreement. — "Inquirer" (Roxburgh): Yes, he must trim the branches back; if he fails you can do so and recover the cost. — "Anxious" (Wanganui): They may decrease your pension. — "Reader" (Dunedin) : Write to Nugent Welch, artist, Wright Street, Wellington. — "Inquirer" (Dunedin): (1) Yes, but not if your wife were to defend and show that you were responsible for the separation. (2) No. Advertisement is sufficient, provided the permission of a judge is obtained. (3) Yes. (4) £40 to £50.— "Inquirer" (Island Bay) : Sue for the damage done to the house and fence. — "Anxious" (Otaki): This would extinguish the pensions altogether. — "Inquirer" (Auckland): You have no defence. — "Inquirer" (Manaia): The rate may be levied. — "Puzzle" (Waipawa) : About £25. Your husband can be made to pay these costs. You must divorce him before marrying- again. — "Inquirer" (Resolution Bay) : In neither case can the woman's money be taken to pay the debts. — "Anxious" (Taihape): The marriage is quite valid, but you would be liable to punishment for making a wrong declaration. — "Scrub Cutter" (Marton): You can sue and prove m the bankruptcy for the amount due to you. As you did the work the Court will naturally favor your claim.— "E.C.C." (Waimate North): (1) No. (2) Provided he gives notice. — "Anxious" (Waipukurau) : Write to the Naval Headquarters, Wellington. — "Spring" (Fordell) : September I.—-"ln-quirer" (Petorie) : No, you are entitled to a week's notice from the end of the first week's tenancy. — "Constant Reader" (Chi-istchurch) : No, your action is m order. — "Edelweiss" (Hawera): (1) Yes. (2) Not unless the other party agrees to an alteration m the terms of the contract. — "Inquirer" (Devonport): Provided proof can be given of nonaccess by the husband. There is no definite amount fixed. — "Inquirer" (Opoutama) : You can request them to keep the pigs off your garden. — "Worried" (Wellington):. Leave? thinga as

they are. There is practically no risk of your being found out. — "Alchemist" (Gisborne) : About £ 7. — "Interested" (Oaraaru) : There should not be any difficulty m collecting the money.—"lnquirer" (Nelson): Under the circumstances the child would be presumed to be the husband's. — "E3.5." (Christchurch): No definite answer can be given without knowledge of the terms of the policy, which will state when it is payable. — "Mt. Cook" (Timaru): The child could be boarded out privately. The cost would depend on agreement with the foster parents. The child could be taken back at any time — "Oppressed" (Mornington) : Yes. — "Magpie" (Dargaville) : Not entitled.— "G.R." (Parnassus): Somerset House, London, is sufficient address. — "Old Reader" (Herne Bay) : You cannot get anything until the policy matures. — "Uncertain" (Invercargill) : You can object to any alteration to the fence without your consent, but your neighbor can re-erect the obstruction immediately behind the fence.