Annoyed His Wife

NZ Truth, Issue 1176, 14 June 1928, Page 7

Annoyed His Wife

He was smartly attired, of medium build and strikingly youthful in appearance. ■ . He and respondent, he said, were married in January, 1921, living in Wellington, Hukanui, Dannevirke and later in Napier. At the time of his marriage he was 23, his bride being four years his junior. There were two children of the marriage, six and five years of age respectively. Until three weeks before the hitch in their relationship, they had lived happily together, but the cooling-off in his wife's demeanor became very noticeable. At this period, by the way, he was engaged in packing up his furniture, 'prior to leaving the district on transfer. Petitioner confirmed his counsel's remarks regarding the Sunday morning when his wife had said she was going round to say good-bye to a friend in Faraday Street. Wondering what had happened that she had not returned home by noon, petitioner decided to go round to Faraday Street for her. But he discovered there that the respondent had not called that morning. Returning home, he was surprised to see his wife coming out of a place in Carnell Street.