RATIONED HER TEA.
A woman, who summoned her husband a i Willesden Police Court recently for attaching her, said that he took charge of the teapot at breakfast and rationed her to one cup of lea. lie struck her when she asked for more. The magistrate: Bui surely it is the wife's function to lake charge of the teapot ! The husband: it is like this, sir. My missus lent both our teapots to neighbours, and I had to get one of them back; so. to punish her, I cut down her al'owance at breakfast time. She. got wild, and went for me with a broom. She tried to get the teapot. and I defended it. So we had a bit of a set-to. The magistrate: Your family life resembles a bear garden . The" husband was bound over, and the parties were ejected from the Court, still quarrelling violently.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3543, 3 August 1920, Page 2
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148RATIONED HER TEA. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3543, 3 August 1920, Page 2
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