LEFT MIS WIFE

NZ Truth, Issue 1215, 14 March 1929, Page 5

LEFT MIS WIFE

Former- Solicitor Inder s Vain Promises

ORDERED TO PAY UP

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Christchurch Representative)

That, troubles do not come singly, but usually come m a heap without warning 1 , is the experience of Percival Lewis Oribb Inder, ex-solicitor, of Christctiurch, and now a member of the staff of Dalgety and Co., m Greymouth. v"

TNDER fell ,fron i gr ace ■■:'■ somi .mo nths ag < when the • Canter bury Law Soclet: brought an actioi against him for ir regularities m con nectibn with thi banking of trus money, ■ and forth with a partnershi] of which he was ; member, was dis solved. He appeared be fore a magistrate and was fined, s< he removed to th< Coast to maki a fresh start m thi world of commerce But until he ha< re-established hi i .finances, he left hi wife, Gladys Annii Isabel Inder,. an< her three-years-ol« son,' insufncientl; provided for. Consequently, In ders name figure) again m the cour records when the magistrate, Mr. H.. P. Lawry,/ made separation, mainienance 'and guardianship orders m favor* of ' Mrs. Inder. ' • 'When Inder had paid his fines, he had £15 left an^this he handed over to his wife m terms of a mutual agreement whereby he > was to pay £2 a week towards ber support. „ ..--,. ;

He failed to make l'e, payments regu.rly, ;'and : had ■ fair n £24 m arrears, hich fact brought Is wife to court. Mr. W. F. Tracy, >r Mrs. Inder, said, ider had been cry evasive an d is promises were nreliable. Counsel suggested lat Inder kept dejrring the matter, elieving that . his ife would not face he publicity vof jurt 'proceedings, ut she had suriitoned her moral jurage and desired > proceed with her pplicatiori. Inder had written sking for an ad)iir.nment, . b:u t junsel opposed ils, stating' that, it r as placing an unUr strain oh lylrs. ider, dragging her j court each week bran adjournmenti while no money was coming forward from her husband. . . Mrs. Inder went into the ; box and proved her case, and the orders applied for were granted, maintenance being, fixed at £ 2 per week, with .£ 2£ arrears and costs to be met | also by Inder. :j ■-.; j .