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TRONG MORE LINING MOTE HILARIOUR HOVER
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Adolphe MENJOU Carole LANDIS John HUBBARD
FWILLIAM GANGAN: VERNEE TEASBALL - MANY ASTOR · DONALD MILK
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DOUGLAS BLONDELL
MOLITS
The AMAZING MR.WILLIAMS
Directed by ALEXANDER HALL
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- JANE DARWELL
HENRY FONDA
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CHARLEY GRAPEWIN
QORRIS BOWDON
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THE LADY VANISHES
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE.
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 12, 1940. ·
HE
LOST BRITISH BATTALION SHE
This British Infantry regiment held the whole of a large sector of the Somme during a vital stage in the German advance. They were cut off from the main body of the B.E.F. They commansteered vehicles and turned themselves into a motorised unit and went for the enemy for Ave days continuously with great success. The photo shows them as they took up a defensive position by the readside,
Petition For Divorce
Local Case Adjourned By Chief Justice
FOOTBALL AS USUAL
Britain Stays Normal Despite The War
LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter). —
A petition for the dissolution of her marriage with Mr. James Here are three odd items from the Percival Whitham was brought week-end news showing how close to by Mrs. Janet Elizabeth Mar-mal things actually are in Britain, garet Whitham before the Chief
Justlee, Sir Atholl MacGregor, in the Divorce Court this morn- ing.
Mr. H. C. Macnamara, instructed by Mr. D. L. Evans, appeared for
Mrs. Whitham. The respondent was
not present nor was he ligally repre- On being told that Mrs. Whitham was at present away from the Colony. lis Lordship asked Mr. Mucnamera he had any authority whereby the case should be proceeded with out the evidence of the petitioner,
Mr. Macnamara replied he never thought this was necessary, and Mr. Evans explained that Mrs. Whitham was way by reason of the evacuation scheme.
Judge's Suggestion
His Lordship mentioned case in which he himself was witness and to which Lord Merrivale refused hear because of the absence of the petitioner. "I am quite prepared to luvd the moller argued but I know.
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> no authority for allowing the p*« ceedings to continue in the absence
of the petitioner," tie udded.
marked:
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war or no war.
The football opened in Scotland on Saturday and although there were only eight matches as opposed to the peure line normal of 10, they gave n chance of relaxation to hundreds of workers who have been hard at it for several weeks now,
In Liverpool, Sidney Wooderson now a private in the Army, ran an excellent race to win a handicap from scratch.
In London, Sir Henry Wood gave the first of the 46th season of the concerts." The first promenade "prom" was as well attended as those before the war.
Propaganda Lies Are Refuted London In War Time
Did Not Know She Was
Did Not Know He Was
Married || || |¦ Divorced
A WOMAN who did not know she was married, and a husband who did not know he was divorced figured in two court
cases.
A 25-year-old Jewess claimed that she did not know that she was bring fianco married when she and her went to a London register office lost year.
She was granted a decree nit of nullity, with costs, by Mr. Justice Hodson in the Divorce Court.
The petitioner, Mrs. Mary Rosa Philip, nee Rotenberg. of Melrose Avenue, N.W., alleged that the cere mony was without her consent and that she was "tricked" into it by the respondent, Mr. Phineas Goldstein Philip, who is also of the Jewish faith.
Mr. Phillip of Darenth Road, Stamford, N., dented the allega- Tons,
According to Mrs. Phillip's case, she arranged to marry Mr. Phillip at a synagogue. She thought that the register onlee ceremony was only the registration of intention to marry, She did not live, with Air. Phili
afterwards.
son
In his Judgment, Mr. Justice Hod- said that at the time of the cere muny Mr. and Mrs. Phillip were aged respectively 43 and 24, and had known each other only about month.
Mr. Phillip thought that Mrs. Phli- p's mother wns Bikely to be un ob- stacle in the way of a speedy wed- ding.
He (the Judge) belleved that Mr... Thillip applied for the marrigae licence without the knowledge of
Mrs. Philip, and that when they
went to the register office for the registering their intention ceremony she thought she was mere-
marry,
to
Mr. James Sutters, of the Royal Hotel, Russell Square, W.C, told Mr. Register Friend at Clerkenwell County Court that he did not know his marriage had been dissolved unill. a friend told him.
He said that after two year's
of
"When a friend said, 'Your wife marriage she left him. has divorced you, I was so surprised I could not believe it, and I rang her up to see it were true."
Mrs. Sutters said the ring was a Judgment was given for Mr. Sut- ters, and the ring was being handed to him when Mrs. Sutters" colleitor intimated her intention to appeal. The ring was retained in court.
Refusal To Billet Boy
Costs £25 Fine
LONDON. Aug. 11 (Router).—A London broadcast on Saturday night Mr. Macnamara then asked for onto the United States by on American adjournment in order to consider the
commentator refuted German radio matter, whereupon His Lordship re- claims that Landien is cowering in There is always the quests air wald shelters, that Britors are tion of taking t the petitioner's evid-
being driven to drink to quieten ence on commission.
A Swindon man who disobeyed n their
their nerves and wringing hands because their businesses have billeting notice to accommodate a boy evacuee was fined £25 with £2 collapsed.
The American commentator said costs.
Goddard that when he walked down Oxford Richard Leighfeld, of Street or Regent Street, he found Avenue, Swindon, them crowded with. shoppers. Wustrates that he was willing-to-necept the child, but his wife was not and dows were full of food patterns.
Mr. Macnumerat If that is so may I apply for leave to have this done?
10 Lordship replied lie would grant permission, and accordingly ad- Journed the case sine die.
Disorders In Albania
Rebellion Against Italians Breaks Out
LONDON, Aшg. 11 (Reuter).--Dis- crders are reported to have broken Cast in parts of Albania and to be spreading all over the country.
One report spcults of a clash on Friday near the Yugo-Stav frontier between Albania "rebels" and talu trcops. The Albanians re- belled when they were ordered to be mobilised for military service and heir cattle and foods were requisi- Bened,
told the magis-
He has yet in see, he raki, any brought pressure to bear upon bun. drunken crowds. carousing in the streets.
You can buy any number of bananas and oranges. be concluded. They must have come here in ships; they are not grown here.
Can't Expect Too Much
Timely Warning By King-Hall
LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter).--The King-Hall news-letter warns its readers against relying too much on an encrmous amount of planes and
The Italians rushed some thousands of troops to the scene and Italian officers, who offered to negoliate, her war material to be shipped from vere killed. In retaliation Italians burned three villages.
the America in the next few months,
The layman, says the news-letter,
In the subsequent fighting the does not appreciate the tremendous Italians lost 100 casualties, including preliminary work, required before a six officers and a Lieutenant-Colonel. modern weapon of war can be made. In the design of a ght tank, for JAPANESE BOMB instance 2,400 drawings must be made. Mechanics cannot be semi- skilled workers but real mechanles. U.S. HOSPITAL One impertant.contribution would e over-age U.S. destroyers which CHUNKING, Aug. 12 (UP)--General Pershing has suggested be Japanese planes yesterday bombed sent to Britain immediately.
Just as Nelson said he could not the American Lister Hospital at Hun- yung. despite the fact that a large have too many frigates, so to-day we American Ang was prominently cannot have too many destroyers.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
painted on the root.
In Saturday's raid on Chungking. Japanese bombs hit the Russian Em- bassy and destroyed four buildings: The Russian Embassy was badly damaged in previous raids.
Decoux Receives
Nishihara
Italy Recognises Soviet Absorption
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" NEW YORK, Aug. 13. (Domel),- The Italian Government has tacitly recognised the absorption of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania by Sovic! Russia.
·HANOI; Aug. 11 (Reuter).--Major,} Soviet representatives have been General Issaku Nishihara, head of the permitted to occupy the legations of Japanese Inspection Party to Indo- the Baltic States in Rome, despite China, accompanied by two afdes, the fact that a similar attempt in called on Vice-Admiral Jean Decoux, Berlin was frustrated, according to the Governor-General, yesterday," "Associated Press."
The Governor-General is said to have assured the Japanese officer that he would try to maintain friend- ly relations between Japan and Indo- China,
THE WAR FUND
- A total of $1,307,219.55 was reached on Saturday by the War Fund inaugurated by, the d. C. M. Post. Ltd.
Latest subscriptions, He
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Higher Wages In
New Zealand
LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter),-A general order has been issued by the New Zealand Arbitration Court, in-| creasing by five per cent all the wages fixed by itd various awards to meet the high cost of living?
to-day. The order comes into êñïfeet
Mes. Leighfield, in evidence, sald that if her hitaband, had taken the child she would have left her home and the town.
Asked what would happen if her Intsband now agreed tu take the child she replied: "I should leave the town and my husband,""
to
She said she had the tiouise maintain without any assistance, and three boys of her own.
LATE NEWS
Nazis Lay Mines,
Berlin Claims
BERLIN, Aug. 12 (UP). The German High Command claims that German planes which carried out extensive reconnaissance lights over England old magnetie mines in im- portant British harbours.
In addition to the attacks on Port- land.
Southampton, Weymouth, Dover and Canterbury, German planes attacked the ofreraft factory at Norwich, setting fire to the as- sembly, hall, bombed Newport, Swansen and Pembroke, attacked a munitions factory near St. Ives,
6 Nazi Bombers Brought Down
LONDON, Aug. 12 (UP)-The Air Ministry announces that six German bombers were brought down when two waves of attacking machines at tacked an unnamed centro.
ruge
· The Germans, destroyed, two "bar" balloons before" anti-aircraft guns find British fighters drove them 15.sen.
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