WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1933.
THE
CHINA MAIL.
GLARING EVILS OF Senka's
P. & O.-British India DIVORCE LAWS.
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Masterpiece
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Presently the last drain was
HONG KONG HEALTH
WORKERS.
Tribute To N.T. Medical Benevolent Society.
In another case
a man, finding life with his wife very miserable, agreed with her to do the "gentle-gonë.. Senka threw the bottle] SEQUEL TO PLEASURE WALK. manly thing" and give her the ne-away
and sat staring awhile cessary evidence to divorce him. Sojat his finger-tips. Then he went the passing of the New
With The consulted two friends, not stodgy out again.
Territories Medical Benevolent lawyers, but men of the world, who Moscow hummed busily about Soviety which in the past has done. assured him that it was the eaaleat him. He loved it, old left-over such yeoman service amongst the thing possible.
that he was. He was no secret villages at Tun Mun, Tsun Wan, You had only to take a lady any ikon-hound. He had protended so should be paid to the pioneer or Ping Shan and Shatin, a tribute lady friend would do to an hotel, long to the young ones that his
*
spend the night in two rooms as far ideology was up-to-date, that he beganisers and workers of that. er removed as the poles, but be careful lieved it himself....So they were, ganisation. to pay both bills yourself in the taking Prock on the Propaganda It may not be generally known morning. And there you were!)....
that the Society owed its origin to So this was done.
Of course, he gravitated to the Sir Elly Kadoorie and his two Trying To Deceive The Court. Red Square. There was no painos, Messrs. Laurence and Ray- Later, still following the same ex-
mond Kadooris, Professor Ger behind his eyes now; only a warm, pert advice, he wrote a formal letter comfortable haze. He was haunt rard, Mr. E. M. Raymond and Dr. to his wife telling her that he had ed, but only indifferently, by a feel. Arthur Woo, who on pleasure bent, stayed the night at the hotel with ing that he had put a conk `upon were struck by the sickness-oya a lady, and saying that she would Lenin, after all. He came into the trouble, septic sores etc.---rife find conclusive evidence of his Red Square, from one of the streets amongst the children in the vil-
the bill for both; and asking "would
the face. she please divorce him as soon, sa possible."
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY adultery in the fact that he had paid where Lenin's head hit him slap in lages at Ching Shan and Tun Mun.
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Senka stood very still.
"No!" he said, quite gravely...
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These gentlemen provided the funds and incidentally the medi cines for the amelioration of the condition of these people and Then he went to a lawyer, and was
There was no conk. The big from this small beginning grew up told, of course, that his scheme was face reared, huge and gentle, with the organisation which has simply silly, and that a cat wouldn't the innocent strength of be divorced because he and another and the loving kindness of an im tories section of the St. John Am a child amalgamated with the New Terri. cat had spent the night on neigh-mortal Man. Its noble contours bulance which worked on similar bouring roofs.
and aweet expression took Senka's lines but in different areas. "But," added the lawyer, "if your breath away. It pitled. God, how "Great oaks from little acorns wife is so anxious to get a divorce, it pltied Senka Bucharov! Yet it
have her watched?" This was done, perhaps ahe has a reason; why not smiled too.
grow,"
12.000 17th Jane Bombayles, Havre, London, instead of its being the other way had changed back, Senka ramem- two full time doctors, and a num
4,500 24th June
11,000
lat July 17,000 16th July 6,800 22nd July
Bombay,
H'burg R'dam, Antwerp & Hall Bombay, Marsellies & London, Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marsellies, Havre, London,
Hamburg & Rotterdam. 17,000 29th July Bambay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marsellles & London. 6,000 19th Aug. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London,
R'dam, Antwerp & Full,
London
17,000 12th Aug.
20
17,000 26th Aug. 14,000 0th Sept Bombay, Marseilles & London.
6,000 16th Sept. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London,
H'burg, R'dam, Antwerp & Hull, 16,000 23rd Sept. Marseilles & London. 14,000 7th Oct. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
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BRITISH INDIA-APCAR
SANTHIA
TAKADA
SIRDHANA
TALMA
TILAWA
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1933.
SAILINGS.
8,000 22nd Apr. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
p.m. 8,000 6th May Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 7,000 18th May Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 10,000 24th MEY Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 10,000 10th June Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 8,000 24th Jane Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent acmmmodation for int and 2nd class passengers.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
NANEING
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1933.
Melbourne.
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7,000 7,000 2nd June 7,000 30th June 7,000 2nd Aug.
Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan
B
heart would break.
G
AII
The new "It has happened again," mur-
organisation, and it was soon discovered that the mured Senka.
known as the St. John Ambulance wife was living in almost open A wave of intoxicating delight lent Branch, has clinics at Tsun New Territories Medical Benevo adultery with another man, and the came that washed out the brandy Wan, Ha Tsun, Ping Shan, San husband knew nothing.
us though it had been water. This Tin, Fan Ling, Shataukok, Kam So the husband thereupon pre- was indeed his masterpiece. And Tin, Ting Kok, Shatin, and Cheung Isented a petition against the wife, then a dread came. The others Chau with a staff of Afteen nurses, round, and the case came on for bered. If this one did the same hie ber of consulting and visiting doc Itrial.
On the other tors, all of whom give free servico But in England the law is that a hand, there was a first-class quan- to the sick in the districts and man who has himself been guilty of dary now. Moscow and the Provillages already mentioned. adultery cannot obtain a divorce paganda would never stand for calls whether by night or day re- from his wife for her adultery, un- that beautiful, gentle Thing. And ceive full and undivided attention. less the judge exercises
die-nover
he make again would cretion in his favour.
The Funds necessary for the mask for the Moscow Ballet
maintenance of the Society are Evidently the GPU had not seen it derived from various sources; yet would they send a blind subscriptions and donations from the charitably inclined from con- and in obvious collusion with his Nearer and closer he went. There certs, thestrical performances, wife, had written to her saying that were very few people round it at dances, flag days and a prize he had himself been guilty of the that moment.
drawing. Any who wish to aid a same offence! And that the letter Senka elbowed his way through deserving cause cannot do better was completely untrue made the the loungers. He had not elbowed than send their donations to Dr. matter, if anything, rather worse.
his way anywhere for fifteen years Arthur Woo the Commissioner, Fortunately, however, the case and more. There was no trace of Mr. Morris. or to the joint secre came before a kindly judge with a Prock. This was his. It belonged taries of the new organisation, Dr. sense of humour, and by making to no other soul in the world. It Tseung Fat In, and Mrs. R. Lang. some fun of the husband's amateur had not changed back. It stayed. ley. efforts at deception and proving the It stayed for him. He felt a great, very bad and continuous adultery of icy-cool desire to die there and the wife I got him through and he then and take it with him. Senka's was given a decres.
Christ.
Ludicroudy Wrong.
And here was a man who, with the intention of deceiving the Court,
man to Siberia.
A law which provides that i The truck with the scaffold. one party has committed adultery poles still stood there, unattended, the marriage may be dissolved. On the running-board were two but that if the marriage has been larga cans of petrol. Senka took such a hopeless failure that both them off. have been unfaithful they must remain man and wife, seems me ludicrously wrong.
DOLLAR LINE CAPTAIN TRANSFERRED.
Cabled advices received by the Dollar Steamship Line are to the effect that Captain George W. Yardley, popular commander of "Gangway there, comrades!" he the Dollar Steamship Liner 6.8. to called good-humouredly. It thrill-President. Cleveland," has been ed him to the marrow to see how transferred to the .s. "President It is true that if the complaining they obeyed. They watched him Lincoin," which sailed from San spouse, whether husband or wife, with the curiosity of such sight-Francisco for the Orlent on April 2nd May Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Bydney & guilty of a similar offence the judge the newly varnished base of the admits that he or she has been seura as he emptied the cans round
7. may, if he can find extenuating cir-head. No
Captain Yardley has a wide doubt they thought it!, cumstances, nevertheless grant to was some sort of weather-proofing has been commander of the “Pre- ¡circle of friends in the Orient and him or her the desired divorce.
sident But surely the process should be
Cleveland" since that reversed, and where both parties be-the big forehead.. Senka went to
One single ladder still ran up to steamer was launched in 1921. fore the Court have been unfaithful the marriage should ipso facto be the sixth rung before he set alight It started a very good and deter. circumstances of the mutual un- {mined fire. faithfulness to be so scandalous that
Senka climbed up without hurry. he must exercise the discretion with which he la vested against both or
jing. elther applicant.・・
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CARTHAGE SIRDHANA TALMA NALDERA TANDA
BURDWAN
TILAWA
1988.
14,000 20th Apr. Shanghai, Kebe & Yokohama,
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The bald statement to the effect
COUNCIL AND SHIPYARD.
Hull City Council will be askedé
to sanction negotiations with the National Shipbuilders Securities, Ltd, for the acquisition of Earle's Shipyard, which was closed as be-
that it is in the interests of the com-whole thing is collusive-that is, aing redundant, but the objects of munity that where one party has "put-up" fab between the parties the proposed purchase are not dis- been unfaithful a marriage can, be dissolved, but that where both have discover all this except the King's
founded on untruths-and who is to closed.
Proctor?
What is the good of a six months"
It must be maintained, seems to carry refutation on the face of it.
And the judges at present have 7,000 5th May S'hal, Moji, Kobe, Drake & Yhama. great difficulty in imowing what interval between the time when the HONG KONG TIDES
18th May Shanghal, Mofi, Kobe & 10,000 18th May Amoy shall be a Yokohama, really amount to extenuating circa case is tried and the judgment be 11,000 1st June Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, stance of discretion in favour of opportunity for investigation?
Moji, & stancos sufficient to warrant the comes effective, unless it be to give
Time Meridian 120 deg. E. (Zone-- 7,000 - 4th June
S'hal, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. petitioner admitting his or her The real objection to the King's Heights are referred to the datum of B); och is midnight,, 12h. Is noon. 6,800 18th June Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & 17,000 15th June Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
Yokohama.
Proctor's department seems to be the largest scale Admiralty chart of 17.000 29th June
4 Yokohama.
The distinguished President of that it is not provided with suff. the place and should be added to the Probate and Divorce Division clent funds properly to carry out the depths, unless preceded by an materiak has defined as far as possible what stupendous task which the modern (*) when they should be subtracted. should be the guiding principle, to rush of undefended divorce cases apply, but It must be admitted that, has placed upon it.
17.000 18th July 17,000 27th July
4,000
6,000 12th July 20
Kobe Yokohama. Kobe & Yokohama. Kobe & Tokohama.
Pia Aur, Shanghai, Kobe &
14,000 10th Aug.
16,000 24th Aug, ]. 2010,
$800
14,000
8,100
11,000
Kobe &
Moji, Kobe &
Bth Bent Shanghal Kobe & Yokohama,
own offence.
Yokohama. (nevertheless, the whole matter re-It is by no means uncommon to
mains, perhaps necessarily, nebul. And that in undefended cases ous, and "discretion" depends large particularly among thbes brought
7th Sept. Shanghai, Bobe & Yokohama.
4th Oct. Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama.
21st Bept. Shanghal, Moll, Kobe & Yokohamaly on the idiosyncracy of each parti. under the poor persons rules the 17,000 Bth Oct. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
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