A Straight Tip
WHEN Jassie^W. Morgan told " Magistrate Hunt, of Auckland, that she had been married for twenty-eight years to William, against whom she applied for an order for separation and majntenr ance, His worship remarked that she ought to be used to him by now. According to his wife, Morgan, a wharf laborer, within the past three years had failed to provide her with' adequate maintenance, m addition to which he had been / •guilty of habitual drunkenness and cruelty towards her and their two children, v■ . . > . The husband said that sometimes he did not eann anything for a month. " .-■..' His Worship: Can you keep yourself?— l'll try. "Well, they don't want you about the house. Keep away from them!" • The separation order was granted and the question of maintenance was adjourned sine die.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1191, 27 September 1928, Page 5
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134A Straight Tip NZ Truth, Issue 1191, 27 September 1928, Page 5
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