Brief Replies To Correspondents

NZ Truth, Issue 1263, 13 February 1930, Page 22

Brief Replies To Correspondents

"Querie" (Gisborne) : You must expect these inconveniences. You are not entitled to any redress.— "Curious" (Christchurch): (1) According to your mother's will your child will take its share. You cannot upset the will; (2) It will go In accordance with the provisions of your will. If you leave anything to your wife her share will go as if she had died immediately after you; (3) Your brothers and sisters, unless .you have children, m which case they would take it. — "Hard Hit" (Walhi): (1) No; (2) £28/3/6; (3) No. The legal property passed to you on delivery. — "Reader" (Hawkes Bay): (1) In a table mortgage the principal is repaid by instalments; m a flat mortgage the 1 principal is not so reducible, but is lent for a fixed term; (2) If the debt is a specialty debt you can claim any trnie within twenty years from the time when the right of action arose. . If it is not a specialty debt the right of . action lapses after six years unless the debt is acknowledged m writing or by part payment; (2) Yes.— "Had" (Napier) : You can claim the holiday or payment m lieu thereof. — ''Joe" (Fairlie): You will have to employ a solicitor. His costs will vary with the amount of the debt.— "Ruxton" (Auckland): If you desire to make the matter a formal one, you will have" to consult a solicitor and have a deed drawn.— "Subscriber" (Christchurch) : Write to a solicitor m Western Australia, giving him particulars of the land and get him to search the title. — "Kelpie" (Foxton): By giving the dog you have practically admitted full liability for the accident. Since it"Vas accepted subject to a reservation, the acceptance of it does not preclude the drover from taking further action against you.— "M.M.C." (Timaru): If you remarry you will not be guilty of bigamy, but if your wife subsequently appears to have been alive at the date of your second marriage, the latter will be void and the children illegitimate.— "Worried Mother" ( ): The welfare of the children is the matter which will chiefly concern the court m coming to a decision. If the children are young it is unlikely that they will be taken from you.— "Hard Up (Foxton): No. All payments which have been made are forfeited to the owner of the car.— "Digger" (Onehunga): (1) The Registrar-General; (2) About £I.— "Manager" (Dunedin): If you receive payment, the show will be professional m that you will have to pay amusement tax on the gross income therefrom.— "Creditor" (Hastings): (1) Yes; (2) Yes, the transaction would be void. — 'Enquirer" (Mangapihl): This is not a receipt; it is merely a statement made to you that the amount has been paid by your employers. It does not concern you if the company failed to give your employers a receipt.— "Auck." (Christchurch) : It depends upon the rules of the union. You should apply to the secretary. "Curious" (Kaltangata) : We cannot answer questions on this Act until a copy of it reaches N.Z. In any case,' the Act has • not yet been passed.— "W.P.T." (Tolaga Bay): He can do what he likes with his land; but he must 'comply with the Noxious Weed Act— "J. McL" (Auckland)! Yes,-n"M,W> .(Takapuna^ You

should notify her that, m view of the changed conditions, you demand a decrease of rent. If she has entered without your permission on a part of the land originally let to you, you are entitled "to an adjustment.— "Constant Reader" (Thornton) : This ■is purely a matter of departmental regulation, upon which we cannot answer questions — "Constant Reader" (Hastings): If the circumstances were as you say, you were justified m leaving* without notice. — ■'Curious" (Oamaru): (1) He Is entitled to his own property. ; As far as the suite is concerned, you can sell it and divide the proceeds; (2) This depends" entirely on your husband's circumstances.—"lnterested" (Wanganui): If it is a public company you can inspect at the office of the Registrar of Companies the financial particulars required to be filed. — "Anxious" (Timaru): Does not affect answer given. — "P. 8." (Christchurch): You can petition, but if your wife were to defend and prove that 7 the original separation was brought about by your wrongful conduct, your petition might fail.— "R.F." (Karorl): If the mortgage- has been duly executed you will be bound by its terms. An action for rectification of its provisions would not be likely to succeed. — "Overseas Veteran" (Chatham Islands): (1) They were not 'entitled; (2) Write Kempthorne Prosser & Co., Wellington. — "Time Pay" (Christchurch): As long as you retain the furniture you are oound to pay for the second lot , according to the verbal agreement. You cannot alter the terms without the dealer's consent. If you return the furniture you must pay all instalments up to the date of return. — "A Victim" (Newton): If he is abusive to you you can apply to the Police to have him bound 'tove'r . to keep the peace. The police; however, will not assist you to recover the rent. Better sue for the rent and possession so as to have him ejected.— "Cedrick" (Dunedin): ' In the circumstances it is unlikely that such an application would succeed. — "Danish" (Foxton): After probate has been granted, it is kept m the Supreme Court office nearest to the place where the testator died.— "National Park" (National Park):; Yes. They will have to sue you m N.Z. — "Taken In" (Rotbrua): She can revert to her maiden without formality. — "Elderberry": There is no way of saving wine that has gone sour. The only thing to do is to turn it Into vinegar. Wine casks should always be thoroughly steamed and scalded before using — "Nurse" (Frankton Junction): Write to the Matron, St. Helen's Hospital, ■' Auckland. — "Constant Reader" (Frankton Junction): B definitely misdealt. Cards must be dealt again.— "Shepherd" (Glsborne): Not unless the loss was due to your employer's neglifence. — "Enquirer" (Oamaru): (1) The uperintendent, State Advance Dept. ; (2) 4% per cent., provided payments are made regularly on. -the due flat*. "Resident" (Hokitika): Write to him telling him to ke.ep them off your property. If he does not you can sue for damages. — "Redstone" (Lyttelton) : You are not liable.— "Square Deal" (Hastings): The Shearers' Award is not concerned with the payment of married o<juj>lea.