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PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1933.
DIVORCE IN HONG
KONG
ECHOES OF
1859
Rules of Procedure
8.-Picture of A Magistrate At Work
JANUARY 31, 1830.
abuse even occurs when there is a barrister on each side to what length it must extend when there are no legal men present, we can
not conceive.
The Government has issued the rules made by the Chief Justice for regulating the practice and procedure under the Divorce Ordinance. It is lengthy docu- ment from which we give a few points only.
Proceedings under the Divorce
.com-
Ordinance. 1932, shall be menced by fling a Petition giving `inter alin, details of!—
tioner,
the matri- if any. paragraphs:
<
conclude
Let anyone go to the Magistrate's Court and sit through one of the important. Chinese cats which have lately been ao prolife a source of scandal to the administration. The the Coroner. A jury may be sitting marriage and
The same aystein prevails before
The place and date of the the name and weariness inseparable from all legal upon a diabolical case of murder status of the wife before, mar- proceedings conducted through the and may have arrived at a point in riage: whether there is living medium of an interpreter is to be the case which requires the utmost issue of the marriage, and if so, expected but tht raseality to be attention and diligence. The Core the names, and dates of birth or expected but the rasenlity to bener is called away upon Police ages, of such issue: so difficult to be elicited and the duties, and after keeping the Jury monial offences, charged, parjury indulged is so alarming waiting perpetually for lengthened set out in separate that no party who is not interested periods, absolute weariness becomes the claim for damages. If any. in the case, is ever found to hear the order of the day. Yet the a case through. All this, bad as
The Petition shall Coroner is enot, to blame, but the it is, is not however the worst of system. We repeat that in all with a prayer setting out particu- is, for the attention of the Magis branches of the public service in lars of, the relief claimed, includ trate is continually called away this Colony the saddle is put uponing the amount of any claim for upon other business. Dispatches the wrong horse, and the public damages and any order for the from the Government officesum-
custody of children which is mens, licences, and all manner of serves instead of being served.
as is documents to sign, private, chits to Thus it is that the Jail regula sought, and shall (save
otherwise provided lby These answer, and incessant. interruptions are set at nought, although tions. The evil is one of consider rendered compulsory by an act of Rules) be signed by the Pet!- able magnitudo and interferes with Parliament, and made doubly bind- the ends of justice in more ways ing by & Colonial Ordinance. The than is apparent upon a superficial want of money was an excuss and view of the case. Just at the very of course a valid one too, for these turning point of a cross examina regulations not, being carried into tion, when the truth is beginning to effect, but when the Governor had "loom in the distance" when the by all sorts of schemes boarded perjury of the witness is about to £19,000 in the banks for no other be extrated from his own lips, in purpose than to gratify his vanity, comes a dispatch. The Magistrate we ask was he serving himself, or says "wait a moment please" and the public in failing to carry out in about five minutes having him the law regarding these jail regn self lost the point nearly elicited,lations! and having allowed the witness to To the same cause may be ascrib- attain his equilibrium, he says "goed the misappropriation of money on."
" The Magistrate's undivided extorted from sailors and from attention should be concentrated brothels. Instead of this being upon the case before, him, and he spent as it was meant to be, to has no right to waste the time of alleviate the misery and check vice, the legal men "who may happen to it has gone into the be engaged in conducting the ease. hitherto to pamper vanity. This Yet the fault does not lie with him; has been, happily put a stop to, to and we will be bound if he were to a certain extent by the non-official let a dispatch from Government members of our Legislative Council house or offices lie over. that be from whom the little reform which would be reprimanded for it. The has been extracted has emanated.
Treasury
EXAGGERATED MODES AND FARM-
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Mr. Punch On Modern Trends!
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In cases where the Petitioner is seeking a decree of Dissolution of Marriage, or of Nullity of Mar- riage, or of Judicial Separation, the sidavit of the Petitioner or of such other. person these Rules provided, üled with the Petition, shall further state that no collusion or connivance exists between the Petitioner and the other party to the marriage or alleged marriage.
Every Petition under the Or- dinance shall be heard, by a single Judge sitting without a Jury.
Evidence Taken by Affidavit.
When a Judge has directed that
all or any of the facts set forth na pleading may be proved by
amdavit, all" afidavits sworn in
Pursuance of such direction shall be filed in the Registry and copies thereof delivered to the other partles to the sult within such time as the Judge shall direct.
Application for an order for the attendance of a deponent for the purpose of being crass- examined whether in open court or otherwise shall be made to a Judge on summona. -
Examination of Witnesses
*Before Trial.
Any necessary application for. an order for examination before the trial or hearing of one of the parties or of a witness who 19 within the jurisdiction of the Court shall be made to a Judge by summons.
A wife may apply to a Judge for an order as to security for her costs of such examination at the hearing of the summons or subse- quently by summons.
King's Proctor.
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My dears,- Autumn fashions for this year Slightly plump women will be of dictatorships are too spell-wearing transparent linen inter- binding. You all know the suc- i spersed with fish-fins. For the When the Attorney General: de- culent colour of Fascist shirts definitely rotund, radish pink volle sires to show cause against mak- well, that is the coldur for this with a cape of giraffe edged with ing absolute a decree nisi he shall divine period of the year when stuffed snake is interesting. The enter an appearance in the cause the roads are strewn with the colours and forms help to modify in which such decree nisi bas debris of moulting hens. Black, the silhouette. Shaved-sheep and been pronounced and shall within yes, but the kindest Imaghable feathers are being worn in all fourteen days after entering ap- shade to complexions; utterly 'dia- | kinds of ways this autuma. If pearance ale his plea in the re- tinguished with metal swastikas.
you are full of dignity and self-gistry setting forth the grounds either aluminium or natural rust esteem you will revel in these upon which he desires to show
Dollfusstic fantasies. No autumn would be itself with- out brown; and this year.a pastel burnt alenna shade will add that touch of the Hitleresque that we are all yearning after, Duckweed green and pale onion-the latter has an enchanting semblance of abandou-are the hues with which to become intimate.
For small women, however, dragon-fly wings are a more suc- cessful choice, and these should fasten closely to the throat with a large button of hare's fur. Still another example of this year's obsession for the feathered world is a choker of cuckoo in strong contrasting shades of wasp, top- ped by a head-high quilted cuff of puce ciré-ottoman.
cause and shall within four days thereafter deliver a copy thereof to the party in whose favour such decree has been pronounced, or to the solicitor of such party, N
If no answer to the ples of the Attorney General is filed within twenty onɛ days after the de- livery of such pela, or if an "Monotones for the moderns" is
artswer is filled and withdrawn or not proceeded with, the Attorney the new saying, so try în ensem- ble in Bois de fer" or "Saucisson
General may apply forthwith by fume." If you like a spot of con-
There is something very Booth-motion to rescind the decree nisi trast, galters of that old favourite ing about the lines of the new and dismiss the petition. Cambridge blue would be "chic." season's dressed Inspired by the Any person other than the. At- And what a dream would be a Arab, the couturiers are daily Roosevelt - red. sombrero
so Anding some new scheme for pro- torney General wishing to show cause against making absolute a thoughtfully designed for the ducing balloon like arm and
Ad sp children's oranges and snowballs! skirts reminiscent of the Sahara Decree Nisi shall enter
Airline "pique" is one of the But gone is the starbooth-gone pearance in the cause in which too are the tes cosies. No more such Decree Mis has been pro- sartorially suitable new
flower-pots with cruel bristling nounced, and within four days materials, and Angora, that scin- act. Even now Chinese hats are thereafter le atidavits setting tillating fabric from, the brillfänt
seen in Paris. At the Duchesse forth the facts upon which he house of Mustapha Kemal, will
d'Epinard's-snap-drive Comtesse relles and forthwith deliver copies look most novel when the first tog Anisette de Zilk came in with a thereof to the party of the sollet- arrives. Still, rhinoceros ́ ́and
long flowing robe of charred-tor of the party in whose favour. wart-hog greys will continue. -
Langerine and a lovely bombazine the Decree Nil has beer pro In the small hours terrestrial period hat faced with emerald - nounced, browns, creme-de-menthe greens finoltum. What a celestial rhythm and lubricant yellow are ahead of
for such an "entourage." us (you can even make your face to match). But for breakfast you may want to lighten these nightly shades, with cherry-pink, in which NEW CLASSIFICATION OF ing suit, and a wife after enter-
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