Brief Replies To Correspondents

NZ Truth, Issue 1305, 18 December 1930, Page 22

Brief Replies To Correspondents

v "Destitute" (Te Puke): (1) You are entitled to a separation on the grounds that your husband has failed to provide you with adequate maintenance: (2) If you petition on the grounds of mutual separation, you will have to wait three years before you apply. (3) You can apply^ to the court for an order that your husband finds security for your costs; (4) If you are mutually separated, your husband is not liable for your debts, except for necessaries of life, but you cah apply to have a maintenance made against him. — "Subscriber" (Auckland): (1) She is not guilty of any offence if she made the statements' honestly believing them to be true: (2) The marriage is absolutely valid; (3) She can apply to the Registrar for alteration of the certificate if she so desires. — "Jacob" (Wellington): (1) You are not bound to pay him for his visits if he knew your wife was not ill, but the onus of proof will be on you; (2) He can only get £1 from the Insurance Co. Any further medical expenses will have to be paid by you; (3) A purely malicious action of this kind will probably harm you more than it will the doctor, and will carry weight with the court, if you defend any action he may take for his fees. — "Perplexed" (H. 8.); If the marriage was void, the separation would\ be void, but he is, nevertheless, bound to maintain your children whether legitimate or illegitimate. — "X.Y.Z." (Dunedin): If your, father dies leaving a will, the property will go according to his w.ill. If he dies intestate, your mother is entitled to one-third of the estate, and the daughters of both marriages are entitled to ,two-thirds of the estate between them. If your mother dies intestate, your father will be entitled to one-third of her estate, and you will get the remainder. — "Fed Up" (Ashburton): No.— "X.Y.Z" (Stoke): No,*—"Constant .Reader" (Portland): She can permit you to have the custody of the children, but application should be made to have the maintenance order discharged. If you consult a solicitor, the matter can be disposed of without going into court. She can apply for leave to sue m forma pauperis. In order to obtain this, she must obtain independant counsel's opinion that she has, reasonable grounds of succeeding. This opinion, together witli an affidavit that the case contains- a true statement of the facts and an affidavit by your wife that after payment of her just debts she is not woi-th £50 must be laid before ' the judge when application to petition m forma pauperis is made. — "Hard Up" (Invercargill): This would not affect the pension. — "Storage" (Greymouth) : Sue him for the money. — "Digger" (Taumarunui): Yes. — "Anxious" (Linwood) : As the remarks were made m performance of a duty, they are privileged, provided the doctor did not wilfully make the statements knowing them to be false. — "Snowy" ( ): You can claim wages m lieu of the holidays. — "Anxious Mother" (Wairarapa) : You are entitled to' give the property to others, but your son can claim against the es-tate-for the cost of building the house. — "Reader" (Christchurch): (1) You can obtain the figures from any patent agent; (2) You should consult a Patent agent m New Zealand as to the procedure and cost.— "H.T.H." (Ashburton): As the fee can be paid and the patent sealed at any time within eighteen months from the date of application, if .there is any possibility of your obtaining the fee within that time, you should apply to have the device patented. — "M.8." (Wellington): (1) If you are a member of the Association ,you are bound ,by the rule. You are entitled, to resign if provision is so made by the rules; (2) There does not appear to be any reason why you should not resign. — "Inquisitive" (Masterton): (1) Yes; (2) No; v 3) No.— "Justice" (Petone) : A is not entitled to recover onethird of Cs share, which was bought by B.- — "Waita" ( ): You are entitled to a month's notice. — "Ex-Trammie" (Wellington): (1) The management are entitled to dismiss an employee upon giving him sufficient notice whether he has been dishonest or not. In - any case, you failed to take the steps necessary for an appeal; (2) The fact that B. who was dishonest, was not dismissed does not, give A any cause of action. — "Anxious" (Cromwell): You cannot remarry until the decree has been made absolute. If you do, you will be guilty of bigamy. — "Anxious" (Auckland): You are only 'entitled to a Widow's pension if you have a child or children under the age of fifteen years, dependent

upon you. — "Semper Sersus" (Dunedin): You are not entitled to the family allowance. A Widow's Pension shall not be granted of such an amount that the total incomes of a widow and her children, together with the pension, will exceed a rate of two pounds a week, together with ten shillings a week m respect of any such child or exceed a rate of live pounds ten shillings a week, whichever rate is less. You are therefore not entitled to a pension.— "Sue Carroll" (Lyttelton): You are bound to obtain a divorce before remarrying. — "F.C." (Reefton): Unless the landlord agrees to your paying so much by instalments, he is entitled to sue you at once for the amount. — "Anxious" (Wakefield): You are entitled to a pension. The full pension will be diminished by £1 for every £1 of income m excess of £52 and by£l for every £10 of accumulated property m excess pf £52. — "A Boarder" (Wellington}: You have not stated your problem clearly. Do you mean that the object is fired from the moving car or that it is dispatched simultaneously? A speed of 60 miles an hour is a trround speed of 5,280 feet a minute. — "Snorkey" (Tariki): All belong to the Church of England. Dean Julius is a son of Archbishop Julius and is at the Christchuroh Cathedral. — "Shiek" (Waihi): Write to, or consult, any chemist or beauty specialist. — "W.R.L." (Masterton): Wahine left Port Chalmers July 21, 1915, arrived Port Said August 23, and London on September, 1915. Actual steaming time not known. — "Pat" (Porirua): (1) Apply to the Registrar of the Court of Sessions, from which Probate was granted, for a copy of the will; (2) "It is impossible to say definitely, as the cost will depend on the amount of typing required, but it should not exceed 30/-.— "Economic" (Christchurch): You arc not entitled to an Economic Pension.— "Father and Son" (Inverbargill); (1) As they are benefiting by your drain, they are liable to contribute towards its upkeep. You had better see the City Council with a view to requiring them to contribute; (2) You are not entitled to block the drain. To do so is an offence punishable by a fine of £20. —"Inquirer" (Hastings): O) You are bound to pay the levy; <2) It is m the discretion of the Unemployment Board (o grant you a sustenance allowance.— '(Constant Reader" (Wellington)^ (1) Sue her for the money; (2) No.— "Grateful (Invercargill): No.— "Not Sure' Auckland): If the Anal payment of interest is due on December . 15, the principal also will be due that date You should produce the Bonds to the Treasury and you will he paid.— "Dissatisfied" (Upper Riccarton): You can insist on dates being given so that you can check the statement.— Perplexed" (Ruawhata): (1) As you did not make the statements, they will not affect the validity of the policy. -You should also point out to the company that ihe statements are untrue and have them corrected; (2) You should . point out the mistake to the agent who asked you to , take out the policy; (3) Apply to the Registrar of Births m the district where you were born. If your Mrthv Is not reentered you could obtain a statement from the Convent m which you were educated which would be sufficient proof of your age.— "Constant Reader" (Woolston): Yes. '