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Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1923, Page 9

iA reconciliation occurred between a man and his wife in the Magistrate’s Court at Hamilton last week in affecting circumstances. The husband, who was being sued for arrears of maintenance, stated that he had just served a sentence for a breach of the maintenance order and had practically no money left. He had work, but coukl not pay his wife

£2 5s per week as required by the order. His wife had employment, but he was anxious to do his best for her two young children. Defendant was ordered to pay £2 per week off the arrears, £1 deposit to be paid immediately, or go to gaol for another month. The magistrate, Mr. H. A. Young, intimated that ii he wanted a reduction of maintenance he would have to apply to the Court at Auckland. The wife appeared touched by the state of her husband’s financial condition and followed, him into the corridor as he went to the office te pay in his last pound (states the local corr<epondent of the New Zealand Herald). There a reconciliation came about, and the two returned to Court to announce that they would henceforth live together. The wife, overcome with emotion, swooned in her husband’s arms. Mr. Young rescinded his previous decision, and adjourned the case for a fortnight