DOMESTIC TROUBLES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14053, 25 July 1916, Page 4

DOMESTIC TROUBLES.

L n fortunate domestic relations formed the subject of investigation .before "Mr Wv A. Barton', S.M., at the Police Court tins morning, when Evelyn Clarion Lister (Mr A. Trevor Coleman) proceeded •against her husband, Arthur Ernest Lister (Mi* L. T; Burnard), alleging that respondent had been guilty of persistent cruelty and #had failed to provide her with adequate , maintenance:- : Complainant applied for orders of mainten-ancej.,-.separation, 'arid guardianship- oif her three, iii.fa.nt children. . Respondent pleaded, not guilty. ,?Mr Coleman, m opening, stated that tlie parties Were married m June', 1908, and trouble -.had occurred constantly between therii. Complainant, m. the course of: her evidence, alleged that respondent , had repeatedly use<l bad language towards -her m. the. presence of the children, amlyhe .had latterly had to go out working, in order' t> purclias© , cloth ing for herself and the children. 1 'She liad been compelled to leave her home on Thursday, last on account of his conduct. . Mr Burnard, m r^ply, stated that respondent owned a. house and two acres 00 -ground, which he was paying off by instalments, entailing a,n outlay ,of about £2 weekly. This had consequently occasioned the financial stringency, • his earnings being £3 17s a week. ' As the outcome.', of a., ffesh arrangement, respondent was now able and .willing to provide his wife with a little more money. As to his conduct, respondent asserted this had been occasioned by irritation on complainant's part, , but .he .< denied- the use of certain words alleged..,- ,.•--, His Worship remarked that there was no doubt the language complained of by tlie wife was very galling and. irritating to her, and, if true, respondent ilwd; no possible excuse. y '•■*",•"■ Defendant: intimated, that Ji c , Was idiw agreeable to allow his, .wife- 10s. f_- week beyond paying the household accounts.- - I£is Worship said that the evidence disclosed a very unhappy state of affairs, but he did not .think-, thai.. there- Was, suffix, cient to warrant his making the order asked for. i T^e Avas, satisfied ,that both had.'vsed has^y, language, and, the husband wag tlie greater offender m this respect. ,'lte. ■ wpuld .dismiss the complaint, but intimated' lie would ask the. parties, to confer with him, privately.