MATRIMONIAL DEADLOCK

NZ Truth, Issue 1178, 28 June 1928, Page 7

MATRIMONIAL DEADLOCK

May Thought Him Jealous, But He Blamed Nephew's Friendship (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Dunedin Representative.) There, was a time when man was practically arid theoretically the master of his own home, but the old order of things is changing. 'T'HE reason can often be found m fitting toque, she certainly did not look I woman's demand for the "equality the age suggested. of sex" (good old chestnut!), al- "We only ask for an assurance that though m the case of John Mackay she won ? t renew her acquaintanceship Ballantyne, the principal factor con- with her nephew," said Lawyer Sintributing to his dethronement was, he clair. • alleged, an inconvenient nephew whose .Magistrate: "It may be that the presence as a lodger m the Ballantyne jealousy of the husband is unjustiflmenage rather raised John's ire. able) but you must look at it from the While carefully cherishing the mat- point of view of the children, rimonial halo, John was ultimately, „. .. worth w u:i e eom : na * ft shocked totolhe rs^atton u,.t »o m e- „„■» | nd T sk ,n 9 for a TrZ if cording to his way of thinking, at the yourselves./ feet of his wife's nephew, a youth "I have ceased the acquaintance - named Young, ship," interjected the wife, "but there h a and ai h d f. t0 aoo h u r W^^l S^s JfStS & £!» .* -y husband's present cL a d% n aiH t C o° n meas r reu ce r d e upto the Magistrate: And what is the busi- ; present 'day qualifications and ™* between you and your nephew?standards of husbands. ™* & Therefore, she sought the ( assistance firm," suggested Lawyer Sinclair, of the court m placing herself beyond «- . . . . .. , ._„ . . the range of his alleged insinuations the maSrate^'l am wat Serf and persistent bickerings, by securing J^ShX?! e ~ and am asked separation, maintenance and guardian- questions » Bhip orders on the grounds of alleged questions. failure to, maintain. '■. Lawyer Hanlon said that a further Lawyer A. C. Hanlon appeared m bone of contention was that the childBupport of the application and Lawyer ren asked their mother questions and j. S. Sinclair (representing: Messrs. were even sent to spy on her. Stewart and Payne) defended on be- Counsel admitted that he had done half of the husband. everything he could to bring about a Ballantyne, said Lawyer Hanlon, was settlement, but infidelity of a most reliving m his wife's rmgrmnt nature house, .but he re- . had been alleged by fused to pay her >l jr> r /** . 7 Ballantyne. SSSSSS- a V> h uf . A Beach Carnival her infidelity with - ■ the wife said she her nephew. , ' would not agree to So far as complainant was con- pass her nephew on the street without cerned, however, there was nothing m speaking. the allegations. l "• Lawyer Sinclair endeavored to exGenuine husbandly affection had not plain that no definite charge of infceen forthcoming from John and she fidelity had been made, therefore felt justified m terminating "You cannot say that," replied Lawher partnership "with a husband whom yer Hanlon, "for Mr. Payne" (for she so regarded. 1 - whom Sinclair was acting) "The whole trouble was that there "told me the exact nature of the cirwas another man m the. case," Lawyer cumstances under which it is alleged Sinclair interjected, adding that Bal- Mrs. Ballantyne and her nephew were . lantyne's solicitors had asked Mrs. fou "-d." ...■■■,.. , , . . Ballantyne to keep away from the The husband's counsel explained „„.,„„ „.„„ that although the husband had not youns man. . . been paying anything into the home, "Yes," said Lawyer Hanlon, "and the wife having to provide for the upthey also wrote her that it was keep from her shop, regular payments highly improper for her to have had been made by Ballantyne to his dressed up as a boy to go to a solicitors. beach carnival, when, actually, When a settlement of the dispute Ballantyne himself had given her was reached, the money would be the clothes to go m." handed to Mrs. Ballantyne. "If the woman agrees to cease her It was months since the trouble m the association with the young man, you Ballantyne home had first started, con- must cease your unreasonable jealtinued counsel. The nephew had been O usy," said Magistrate Bundle to Bala boarder, but at Ballantyne's request lantyne. he had been evicted. ' , „ Since then Mrs. Ballantyne had met , The jealousy was described by Young only twice on the street. Lawyer Hanlon as being akin to "How old are the parties?" queried insanity. ! the magistrate. ' .mT But the wife was adamant. She Lawyer Hanlon (jestingly) : 'Well, agre ed, however, to return to the home sir, I should not like to hazard a guess as a "housekeeper" for the children's at the lady's age." sake, but not as Ballantyne's wife, alLawyer Sinclair said his client was though Lawyer Sinclair declared that 84 years of age, while Mrs. Ballan- Ballantyne was devoted to her. tyne's age would be somewhere m the Magistrate Bundle adjourned the apforties. ' plication sine die. Mrs. Ballantyno was called into .In the meantime, the probation offlcourt. In her smartly-cut costume of cer is to furnish a report on, the state youthful design, cosy fur and closely- of affairs m the Ballantyne household.