GAVE HER BLACK EYE

NZ Truth, Issue 1239, 29 August 1929, Page 8

GAVE HER BLACK EYE

Home Wrecked by Infcter's Thirst i . ——— (From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington Rep.) How she had lived a life of misery and fear with a drunken husband was unfolded by a petitioner m a divorce case heard recently m the Wellington Supreme Court. The petitioner was Eliza- | beth Isabella Inkster ancl the respondent Herbert Michael Inkster. MRS. INKSTJSR, who was represented by Mr. O. C. Mazengarb, told his Honor, the ChieC Justice, that after her marriage with Inkster she and her husband had lived for some time m Australia and m Wellington. ... There had been three cnildren of the marriage and during the whole of her married life the petitioner had had trouble with her husband on account of his drinking habits. In 1924 Mrs. Inkster took proceedings against her husband for a maintenance order, but at his request she had abandoned these proceedings. Again m 1926 proceedings were instituted, but once more before they came on for hearing a settlement was effected. "Shortly after our marriage,'.* said the wife, "he hit me on the leg with a cane because I disagreed with something he, said. On. another occasion he gave me a black eye." One night m 1923, Mrs. Inkster informed the court, her husband was so drunk that he crawled on the floor and' she sent for his father. Inkster senior took proceedings to have his son placed on Roto Roa Island and he was there for a period. Drink evidently has a depressing effect upon Inkster, for on one occasion he set fire to the bedclothes and said that he and his wife would "go tqgether." On another occasion, : too, the wife said she had a narrow escape from serious injury, for her husband attempted to hit. her over the head with a bottle of beer. After hearing corroborative evidence, his Honor granted the decree nisi, to be moved absolute at the expiration of three months. No longer need the complications and difficulties of moving to another town worry you. The New Zealand Express Company is ready to take over the whole job — packing, transport, and unpacking at the other end. Expert packers are employed, and the most up-to-date, weatherproof pantechnicons used. .Your goods arrive on time and m perfect condition.*