BRIEF REPLIES TO CORRESPONDENTS

NZ Truth, Issue 1202, 13 December 1928, Page 24

BRIEF REPLIES TO CORRESPONDENTS

"J.H.C." ■(.Blenheim): You will have to employ a solicitor. About £30. — "Inquirer" (Taupo): He can claim under the Destitute Persons Act if. he is destitute and his sons are able to support him, but he cannot insist on living with the family if they dp not want him.— "A.p." .(Dunedin): He is entitled to attend 'as an ordinary race-goer. — "Anxious" (Waikato) : You had best bring an action for possession of the machine, — "Footballer" (Martinborou'gh): According to a recent decision, if you paid for admission you were not entitled to provide liquor. To dp so constitutes selling without a license.— "Anxious" (Taumarunui) : A lump sum, i.g^in the discretion of the court which would be guided by the medical evidence. If you start work and cannot carry, on your rights will not be prejudiced. — "Curious" (Palmerston North); (i)-. You are; (2) The fortune-teller is still- liable!— "Agitated" (Hokiangsi.) : Employ a lawyer. Report the cruelty to the police.-— "Gardener",' (Timaru): No.— "H; J." (Dunedin) : The landlord is entitled to a month's notice, — "W.S." (Christchurch): • Yes. , — "Mousetrap"(Taneatua): It is. unlikely, but nbt impossible that a claim might be made against, you. The general rule is that money saved by. a wife out of housekeeping money remains the property of the husband.' Can your jibsband ." not obtain his clischdrge?— "lnterested" (Hamilton) : ■ You are not liable. Defend any action the concern may take. They will. endeavor to pester you into paying but are nb^ likely for their own credit's. sake to venture on legal action. —"Wife" (Auckland): The will is "perfectly valid. It is not affected by , the subsequent b'Jrth of children or the. fact that, a lawyer was not employed. Re cost/ there will ■ be * no -gift .duty,: but

without more particulars, exact amount cannot be stated. — "Inquirer" (Dunedin): He is a salesman not a driver. — "Constant Reader" (Port Ahuriri): Provided the debt was for necessaries as it most probably was, you can be sued, but no action can be taken after the debt becomes 6 years old. — "E.P.S." (Wellington): You and your wife are entitled to pension.—^"Worried" (Wellington): You can refuse to accept delivery: . The order is invalid.— "T.L." (Orari): (1) Yes. (2) Yes. (3) Yes.— "Anxious" (Christchurch) : She is not entitled to a' pension unless she has resided m New Zealand for. 25 years. —