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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 4, 1941.
WILFUL WIFE, JAPANESE SAYS JUDGE RELEASE
LIGHTERS
STRONG COMMENTS on a wife's character were made by Mr. Justice Langton in the Divorce Court, when damages of £1,000 were awarded to Mr. Hugh Thomas Cunningham Pepper, of Salvington Just 24 hours after their Letts, Worthing, Sussex, against Dr. Eric Dickens Spackman, of Shelley 'Road, Worthing.
detention, the Japanese naval authorities in Mr. Pepper, who alleged misconduct between Shanghai yesterday re- his wife, Mrs. Barbara Pepper, of Toad Hall, Shore-leased seven lighters be- ham, and Dr. Spackman, was granted a decree nisi. longing to three foreign
Mrs. Pepper failed in her peti- tion for a decree on the ground of her husband's cruelty.
Giving judgment, Mr. Justice Langton said that at the time of: the marriage, in 1927, Mrs. Pepper was twenty-one and her husband twenty-three. She had a small income of her own, and Mr. Pep- per, who had an allowance of £500 a year from his father, set up as a fruit farmer.
Really Frightened
OVERSEAS
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The Overseas Chinese
concerns, several native lighters and approximate- ly 500 tons of general mer- chandise, according to the "North China Daily News."
The merchandise was consigned by Chinese and foreign shippers to Hong Kong, Rangoon and Cal- cutta by the British steamer "He- len Moller."
of
It is understood that three the seven foreign iighters Ne- In November, 1939, Mrs. Pep-Conference held in Singa- longed to British firms.
per left her husband, writing him
a note in which she said: "As pore came to an end yes- you have no hesitation in knuck- terday after a three-day
ing me about and using abusive
Innguage. I am really frightened meeting.
to go on living here.
the
Dealing with
characters Chinese delegates from the of Mr. and Mrs. Pepper, the
Netherlands East Indies, Hong Judge said: "I have not tha slightest doubt that Mrs. Pepper Kong, Thailand, Indo-China and was a lady who is courageous the Philippines participated. to the point of recklessness,
ardent and tireless in purcuit By unanimous vote Mr. Tan of her pleasures, vivacious, sol- | Kah-kee (Chen Chia-kang), pro- fish and wilful,
minent Singapore financier, was "A lady more rigidly and elected to continue as Chairman ruthlessly determined to go her of the Federation of China Relief own way and get her own way Fund Committees.
seldom remember to have met."
Bathing Together
Cables were despatched to the British and American Govern- ments thanking them for con- tinued assistance to China during Regarding the allegation of the past few years, and telegrams dultery, the Judge said Mr. Pep-were also sent to Chinese Gov- er, in April, 1939, wrote to Dr. Jernment heads pledging further Spackman:
support, and to the chiefs of the to fighting services.
"Your constant attention Jarnie (Mrs. Pepper) during the ast few years has earned you considerable notoriety.
Reuter.
It was further decided that the Conference send a circular tele- "I wish to put particular em-gram denouncing those communi- phasis on your almost daily cating with Wang Ching-wei as bathing together during
traitors. the summer, and I know she has addressed you at least once as 'Darling'
the matter has now got to a pitch which I find unendurable,"
Dr. Spackman replied that the etter was a great shock, and he promised to break off his as- sociation with Mrs. Pepper.
The Judge said he could see no answer to the point made-the interviews of two hours at a time, sometimes with the door locked.
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Two terrible blows have been struck at the Italian fleet, says the "Goteborg Posten," and the latest victory should have as immediate effect that any further serious threat
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The victory came also at the right moment, since it has bec Been that the Vichy Government do not hesitate to put Admira Darlan's threat into operation, Router.
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Latest instalment from the Straits Settlements Bomber Fund this week to the British Treasury of £19,575 makes a total to date of £600,000, which is more than sufficient to purchase two squa- drons of bombers.--Reuter;
G.O.C.'S DOG BITES A POSTMAN
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