THE CHINA MAIL EXTRA.
HONGKONG, MONDAY MARCH 8, 1920,
TO-DAY'S CABLES.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
CZECHS AND SLOVENES.
PRAGUE, March 2. The Bolstreviks have offered Czecho-Slovakia peace, pointing out the desirability of reopening commercial and friendly relations. The govern- ment is considering the offer.
HUNGARY HAS NEW REGENT.
BUDAPEST, March 2. The National Assembly has elected Admiral Horthy the Hungarian Regent.
A QUITE RAGGED.
LONDON, March 2..
The London demonstration in honour of Asquith was the most remark” able any politician èver received in the metropolis. He arrived at Westmins ter hatless, bespattered with confetti, riding in a car the windows wheraf were broken and the mudguards torn off, owing to a "rag" by hundreds of students who swarmed over the car, climbed on the roof, and sat astride the bonnet until the police secured mastery and ejected the students. The car arrived at Westminster with mounted policemen fore and aft, constables riding on the roof of the car, and holding on on all sides, brandishing their truncheons to keep off the "raggers."
FRENCH STRIKE OVER
PARIS, March, 2.
LONDON, March, 2.
The French railway strike has been settled.
After a debate on the railway strike, the Chamber, by 503 votes to, 75 passed a vote of confidence in the government..
PARIS, March 2.
IS A WIFE STILL A CHATTEL?
JUDGE'S DOUBTS ON DIVORCE DAMAGES.
HER VALUE IN CASH,
Is it the basis of a husband's claim for divorce damages that his wife is still in fact, if not in law, a chattel of hia?.
This was the theme of an Interest ing argument before Mr. Justice McCardie, in the Divorce Court arising out of a case in which dam ages were sought against a co- respondent by the husband.
Counsel for the petitioner said that up to the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857, a woman was regarded as a chattel, and a fury had to award damages, according to her value to ber husband.
& "QUASI CHATTEL,"
His Lordship then asked when à wife ceased to be regarded as a chattel. Counsel said he had not suggested that this idea had gone,
as a chattel?-Yes, with slight modi
You say she is still to be regarded fications. The question in assessing the damages is, what is she worth?
Then you call her a quasi-chattel? (Laughter.)
On the question of recovering costs, counsel said that certain rules had been laid down as to whether costs should be allowed or not in in- dividual cases, and it was in measure a matter of discretion.
IS IT COMPENSATION? Mr. Justice McCardie said if dam- ages were given against a co-respon whom he did not know to be mar dent for misconduct with a woman anried, then damages were given not for misconduct with knowledge, but as a sort of punishment for immor ality.
The national federation of railwaymen have issued a statement to the effect that, following negotiations with the directors and M. Millerand, understanding has been reached between the federation and the directors. Consequently the order to resume work will be given immediately.
According to a ministerial statement,, almost normal services will resume to-day.
PARIS, March: 2.
The terms of the railway agreement include the recognition of union rights, and the general application of the principle of the sliding scale of wages.
The railwaymen agree to accept arbitration as regards the matters still disputed. Other terms are the establishment on the leaser railways of commissions composed of an equal number of representives of employers and employees, immediate mutual examination of the future conduct of the railways, no payment for the days lost by the strike. but the penalties for failure to resume work are rescinded. The economic committee of the general confederation of labour is to be consulted as to the working of the railways.
DIPLOMATS AT WORK.
LONDON, March 2.
It is stated that the Allied conference has reached a number of import ant conclusions with regard to the Turkish settlement, including regulations for the guardianship of the straits. It is also decided to help Turkey to place her finances on a sound basis, ensuring the elimination, of political influences and the establishment of an expert administration. „
It is furthermore declared that the supreme council has reached com- plete agreement as regards the problem of high prices and exchanges.
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Counsel I should say it is only a case of compensating the injured hushand for the loss sustained. It
is not a case of punishing anybody.
Mr. Justice McCardie said that if the real test were the loss to the husband, how could it he said that centuated by the fact that the co- the injury to the husband was ac respondent knew that the woman was married? He could not see that that the loss was anected to the slightest degree.
WIFE'S STATUS DIFFERENT... His lordship added that although the Courts had been saying all along that the loss to the husband was the real test of the damages, and that compensation should be the real principle, yet while saying that with assiduity they seemed at the same time to incorporate into every case the conduct of the corespondent, not because it affected the value of the wife, but as a thing in itself.
After some further argument Mr. Justice McCardie asked:
Do you suggest that it should be a rule of the Court that in every case a co- LATEST SHIPPING NEWS respondent should be condemned in
costs?"
ARRIVALS.
The s.s."Haicheng" (Capt. A. H. Subject to audit the General Stewart, 1267 tons, arrived yesterday Managers and Consulting Committee at 8.20 a.m. from Swatow with 950 will at the forthcoming meeting of tons of general cargo. shareholders to be held, on March
18, at 11 am. recommend the following allocation of profits.
The 5.5.
Shinryu Maru," Capt. S. Mori 1,958 tons, arrived yesterday
To place to Reserve Fund $10,000.00 at 2 p.m. from Bombay with 200
To place to Investment
Depreciation Account... 10,000.00 To pay a final Dividend
of $1 per share
To pay a bonus to staff... and to carry forward to the credit of next year's account
tons of general cargo.
The ss."Chang Chow." (Captain 60,000.00 Partridge, 1203 tons, arrived yester 19,928.81 tons of general cargo and 3 bags of day at 7.15 am,-Swatow with 1500
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mail.
The 8.s. "Kashmir," Captain E. B. Bartlett, 5,541 tons, arrived yester day at 7 p.m. from Shanghai with 59 bags of mail and 50 tons of general cargo.
Subject to audit the General Managers and Consulting Committee The s.s. "Van Waerwjich Capt. will at the forthcoming meeting of. J. Claasen, 1,906 tons, arrived yes. shareholders to be held on March terday at 2 p.m. from Singapore with 27th at 11 am, recommend the 13 bags of mail and 2,000 tons of following allocation of profits.
To place to Reserve Fund 25.000.00
To place to Depreciation
and Repairs account. 25,000.00
To place to Allowance for
claims and Bad and Doubtful Debts account. 15,000.00 To pay a bonus to Staff... To pay a Dividend of 7 m per cent or 70 cents per share.......................................
To carry forward to the credit of next year's account
general cargo.
DEPARTURES.
The s.s. "Produce." (Capt. Winsnes) sailed for Wuhu, at 2 p.m. to day.
2,867.00 The as."Handi, (Capt. Morvan) sailed for Haiphong at 4 p.m. to-day with 800 of General cargo.
87,500.00
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Counsel: I do not think I am quite. courageous as to suggest that, although I think it might be done, but I will leave that matter in this case to your lordship's discretion.
Mr. Justice McCardie asked if, as the result of counsel's researches, he could show that a wife could bring an action against the seducer of her husband.
Counsel said there was no such case, and there could not be such an action, because she had not got the same legal status or the same legal rights.
As regards the facts of the present case, counsel contended that there was evidence of guilty knowledge by the co-respondent, and that he used his better social position to achieve his ends.
His lordship said he would con- sider the case.
Before Mr. N. L. Smith at the Magistracy this morning, a Chinese was charged with attempting to break into a house. When arrested, he had a jemmy and a punch in his possession. He pleaded not guilty.. It was stated for the prosecution that the defendant was in the habit of going from house to house, re moving the locks and selling them. Locks have been thus removed from the doors of no fewer than five houses. On Saturday a ukong caught the defendant at work and arrested hita. Three months' hard labour.
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