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

SEPARATED +r Patience Tested But Frays GAVE HIM UP (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Dunedin Rep.) By trade, George Edward Wilkins is a plasterei — and a good one, too, according to ail accounts. But m the case of matrimony, ' Wilkins appears to have scamped his contract. AFTER many years of a life which . seems to have been one long and futile struggle to make ends meet, Mrs. Kate Wilkins has at last given up her husband as a bad job sadly m need of judicial repair. When her turn came at the Dunedin maintenance court, the tired-looking little woman was directed to the witness-box by Mr. R. F. Forrester. Her story was a sad one. Living m Christchurch for some years, the unhappy woman said she had been forced to one or two alterations of address owing to arrears m rent. There were six' young mouths to be fed. while, she alleged, a wayward husband — earning £6 and upward a week — paid attentions to, and periodically lived with, a woman named Mrs. Eyans, who was separated from her husband. Two years ago Wilkins moved to Dunedin, and the little of his wages he could spare as household support for his wife and family reaohed Christchurch m dribs and drabs. Six months ago he sent for his wife and family to join him, and met them at the railway station to conduct them to their new home. Wilkins was stated to have spent one night m the reassembled family circle, and' then moved off to other nocturnal haunts. According to Mrs. Wilkins, since her arrival m Dunedin her husband had spent only about five nights under the family roof, his other abode being located m Regent Terrace, where Mrs. Evans was living. Three of her children were under the age of sixteen, and Mrs. Wilkins found that her patience and resourcefulness had been worn threadbare by the neglect of her husband. A smartly- dressed, good-looking daughter, fifteen years of age, was ready to back up her mother's story, but Mr. H. W. Bundle, S.M., had heard quite enough. The erstwhile wayward Wilkins must now wield a willing trowel to earn sufficient to pay £3 a week to his wife under an order for separation, guardianship and maintenance. TO EASE A TICKLING COUGH. "Many thanks," writes a lady, Vfor the splendid help you sent me m Pulmonas; they eased my throat greatly. I suffer from a tickling cough at times, especially at nights. The Pulmonas I have taken have acted like a charm." Pulmonas are invaluable night or day. They quickly relieve coughs, colds, 'flu, etc. 1/6 and 2/6.«.