PENNY A WEEK FOR WIFE
HJSBAND TO PAY
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LCLNLWX, -May Z 4. A cnddless wite who sued uer nusbaud lor mainteiiauce was awarded a pcmiy a, w.eeK by the iUaryieoone magistrate, air. (Jiaud Aluilins, yesterday. sne said thai, a< , .n.gut-3ergeauc l.eupold uiibert, j.i.A.i<., had deserted her and stopped her allowance.
"jlou have no desire to live with him, have you:''' asked the magistrate. Airs. Uiibert agreed. i.' tight-Sergeant Gilbert said he stopped her allowance because of certain information he received. He forgave her rater, however, and offered her a home, but she refused to leave her uuuon Jlat.
'me magistrate decided that there had been no desertion. He said both husband and wife seemed equally determined to be free from each otner.
"bhe seems perfectly prepared," he said, "to settle down and live on' her husnand lor the rest of her life, bhe never seems to attempt to get work, and sue. has no- children to support. "1 hope one day the law will be such that i will be able to make a declaration of liability for maintenance without an order for the payment of money." •
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18760, 17 July 1935, Page 14
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188PENNY A WEEK FOR WIFE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18760, 17 July 1935, Page 14
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