LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 51

LAW QUERIES.

[Antwered by a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of A'eto Zealand. Letters and Telegrams must be addrestTto "LEX," do Editor, Otago Witness fMnedin.]

Constant Reader.— The cost is a matter of arrangemeni-^with a solicitor. There is no fixed scale. 3 , . Inquirer.— While you have a good cause ot action, the sum is so small that it is not worth while going to the expense of litiga-

Inquirer asks: "Is it lawful for a rabbit inspector or any other publio servaaxj. to own and run racehorses?"— Answe r: Yes. Z V Z— As the hours of eioploym«n.t in 'freezing works are not restricted by the Factories Act, overtime rates cannot ba claimed in the absence of an Arbitration

Court award. „ , Subscriber.— Yes, the owner or the agent of the owner cif aay cattle or sheep, or any servant or person employed by sucn owner or ag«nt, may destroy any dog running at large amongst such cattle or sheep. , , N X.— Any person who sends or causes to be delivered to the proprietor, printer, or publisher of any newspaper, for the purpose of publication therein, an untrue notice of the death of any person is liaible to a maximum penalty of £30, or one months

imprisonmient. Pa.t.— (l) If any father, mother, or guardian, Whose consent is necessary to the marriage of a person under age, unreasonably, or from undue motives, refuses ox withholds consent to a proper marriage, then it is competent for the person desirous of marriage to apply by to a judge of tfi© Supreme Court for a judicial de^ duration that the marriage is a proper one and such judicial declaration, if obtained, is as good and effectual for all intents and purposes as the consent of the parents or guardian. (2) The Minister of Agriculture. But if the chain reserve is a road, the occupier of tho contiguous land must clear the road of noxious weeds up to its centre.