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NZ Truth, Issue 1212, 21 February 1929, Page 2

And A Very Good Reason, Too ! /"•OUNSEL m a Wellington maintenance dispute to defendant m \J the witness-box: Your wife's representative says you have a nest egg put away somewhere? ,'•;,,.* Witness (who had been arrested the day after Christmas for failure to maintain): That's what she says. I had two-half-pence on Christmas Day:. ' ' . : ' Complainant's counsel (nothing daunted): Don't you think you could live cheaper if you boarded instead of running an establishment?— l have been turned out of several places for drunkenness. I've got to have someone to look after me. "Do you drink now?" was counsel's next query. "No," replied the unfinancial one. . , Counsel: Well, have you tried to get board since you gave up drinking? . . Witness (amid laughter): I have bee m gaol ever since I gave up drinking.