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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1921,

"A GREAT SAVER."

BUT A BAD WIFE.

A husband, who declared that the cause of the domestic infelicity of which his wife complained was due to the fact that she wanted to be boss, was summoned at Newport. He was Leon Jones, and his wi ́e Eleanor Åna, applied for a separation order on the, ground of persistent cruelty.

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Mrs. Joncs gave details of various assaults which she alleged had been committed by the defendant, and showed two bruises on her arm. About twelve months ago, when defendant Assault d her she left him. She re- csivel a letter of apology and forgave him.

Defendant made counter allegations against his wife, and stated that she bad kicked him and struck him withi a poker. When he was earning good money at Lysaghts he gave it all up to his wife.

"I will say this for her," said witness. She is a great saver.

Од one occasion I had 2s pocket money from her. I went to a football match and paid Is., and bought a packet of cigarettes. That left me with 7d. She went through my pockets for the 7d." (Laughter).

Defendant gave details of an in- cident (which was corroborated by a fellow workman) of his wife visiting him at Lysaghts and snatching his wages out of bis waistcoat pocket.

It was true he had smashed a picture and a mirror in the bedroom when his wife and her mother came He did along to claim the feraiture.

so in order to show his determination and to get rid of them. (Laughter.)

The Mayor (Mr. W. A. Linton) said that the Bench considered that the charge of persistent cruelty was not 'proved; but the magistrate suggested that the defendant and his wife had better remain separate for a time, and that the husband should make the necessary provision for her mainten

ance.

SUGAR INDUSTRY IN JAVA

The report of the Indian Sugar Committee which visited Java is a nass of information of great in- terest. Mr. MacKenna and his:

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December 28d. 11b. 43m-Pressure has decreased moderately to sligh ly in all districts. The anticyclone has weakened further and is now shown as a belt of relatively high pressure, from the Yangtze Valley to the Bonins.

Moderate monsoon may be expected along the B.E. coast of China and over the N. China Sea,

Hongkong «R»infall for the 94 hours. ending at 10a.m. to-day, 40'DA - íìch..., Total since January tab. 97.33 inches, against an average of 63 12inchos.

Forecast for the 24 hours ending at apon on December 2....

1.-Hongkong * do flag Book. N.E. winds, moderate; fair

9.-Formoss Chanel: N.E. wiede, fresh.

3-Bouth coat of China between Hongkong and Lamooks. The same as No. 1.

4-Soutb coat of China. between Hongkong and Haloan. The same se No. 1-

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OLD TRAVEL DAYS.

TOURING IN FRANCE AND U.S.A. CENTURY AGO,

THE NEW HEROINE.

The little man and I were shown! into the visitors' waiting-room of a "Travel in the Two Last Centuries ladies' club at the same moment. Out- colleagues visited Java, and show how of Three Generations" (published side was fog and raw cold; inside an the sugar industry there has reached Fisher Unwin, 168. net) is a selection admirable atmosphere of comfort and its present dimensions. The success of letters and journals written by regulated luxury. The panelled walls, achieved has been largely due to the members of the Romilly family and the dark red leather chairs, and the thorough research work carried on, edited by a descendant, Mr. S. R. not by Government, but by the Roget. It is an agreeable and inter-large fire all combined to make the industry itself.

The political and esting book, illustrating the conditions room a delightful resting-place. economic interests of the manufac-[of travel in the past; and it includes

The little man drew out his turers looked after by the the record of a visit to the United cigar.tte-case.

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No need to hunt General Syndicate of Sugar Mann-States in 1818.

wildly for matches. Every table had facturers in the Netherlands Indies, The first letter relates to a journey its matchbox and ashtray ready and which has its headquarters in Spurs through France to Switzerland at a

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shining. and time when England and France were manufacturing interests are the con at war. It seems odd that notwith- cern of the Research Station Asocia-

standing this traffic went en between

"Admirable, admirable ! " the little

tion of the Java Sugar Industry. Dover and Calais; that Englishmen depresses me, you know. Women are The Syndicate acts as a channel of were not hampered or molested; and communication between its members that they were even allowed to visit I and the Government in regard to the Versailles end the French readers, or if heroines are drawn from relationship of the factories to the Court. An odd account of the holders of land, the imposition of celebration of Muss at Versailles in fiction." export duties, and similar matters. is given :

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SAFE STOLEN.

WOMAN'S APPEAL TO THE

THIEVES.

Described as the work of Rem brandt, a panel called "Adulteress before Christ" was stolen in a 20wt., safe carried away by thieves from No. 61, Upper George-street, Bryanston square, W.

The police have issued a description of the picture, which measures 10in. by 7in., to all art dealers in a wide radius, and are issuing a description of nearly £2,000 worth of other pro- perty stolen.

Mra. Annie Fletcher, the owner of the property, said to a reporter "I had gone to the theatre at 8 o'clock on Saturday evening with my family, and on returning at 11.15 found the house had been ransacked. Entering my bedroom, where I had a sals con taining Rembrandt's panel 'Adulteress before Christ' in its original frame and dated 1643, I found the safe had been taken away.

man said, with a sigh, and yet it so efficient and self-reliant nowadays, don't know if novels influence their life, but look at the modern heroine "I suppose they have changed in The Association consists of three In the front seats of the galleries the last thirty years," I said. departments-viz., an agricultural were ranged the ladies of the Court,

"It's dreadful," the little man department at Pasoercean, and glowing with rouge and gorgeously mourned. "I assure you that I can chemical and engineering departments apparelled, they enjoy and form part find no pleasure in reading a modern located at Samratung. In both cases the of the showy spectacle. The King novel. It makes me feel so helpless funds to carry on the work are pro-laughed and spied at the ladies. Even and useless. Why, the things that the vided by contributions from factories when the Host was held up none modern girl does are hair-raising. this, above all, I am anxious to get and plantations on a definite assess-observed it."

"I appeal to whoever has stolen the safe not to use an oxy-acetylene flame or explosive on it and thus rain the picture. Of what has been stolen,

back intact. There are only £168 in notes and a cigarette case inside the safe in addition to the picture.

"I don't mean morally," he hasten- ment related to acreage and output. Only a few years were to pass beed to add; "I am quite broad-minded. The success of the sugar industry fore the Revolution broke and the But their feats of physical endurance in Java is largely due to the possession King perisled on the scaffold, but are so-er-appalling. All the heroines BRANDY BOTTLE EMPTIED. by the factories of entire agricultural what struck this Romilly was "the control over the leased lands which fond attachment of the people to supply them with cane. The arrange- their Kings." ments between the factories and the landholders are, in fact, a survival of

FERILS OF PARIS STREETS,

TRADE TOUR THRILLS.

CONSUL'S MEALS OF MONKEY,

M. Salomon, the Peruvian Consul General in London, has formed a collection of his country's products at his consulate at 31, Lombard-street, E.C., after a six years tour.

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Egypt, (P. and O. S. N. Co.) from London, Singapore.-Wharf.

Hydrangea, (Chin Ou S. S. Co.) from Pakkol Swatow. Wharf.

Hoihow Phalien Hauyang, (B. and S.) from Canton. Forang....

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C. St. James Sinkiang, (B. and S.) from Canton. Dagupan... B. 9.

Maails Lessepl... Shantung, (B. and 8.) from Tsingtau, Tacloban... Swatow.-B. 12.

Lotto Surigaoise *Gweneth, (Moller and Co.). from Bam Manila.-B. 11.

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During his voyage of discovery he toiled for days on foot through dense, dark, untrodden forests, facing death-C. often by day and night, and having to exist for hours on nothing more than vegetation, relieved at times by a monkey steak or chop" cooked over a camp fire.

Gil'oia, (Dodwell & Co.) from Trieste, Singapore.-A 5.

West Jena, (Struthers and Dixon)

M. Salomon described to a reporter his wanderings along 1,000 miles of coast, across rolling pampas, over the highland threshold leading to the soaring Cordilleras, by gloomy defiles and appalling canyons and rushing waters thundering down to join the from San Francisco, Shanghai.-B 28. Madre de Dios, zigzagging upwards Nichuen Maru, (M.B.K.) from Kee- again to the mountain peaks, through | lung.-B 50. the valleys of this vast upper world to the great mountain imprisoned sea of Titicaca, where the trade atzamers ply between the Peruvian and Bolivian shores.

"From there," he said, "I went on to the eastern slopes, fording rivers breast-high, visiting the rich farm lands of Cuzco, living on fish and monkeya, and then up the snow- capped peaks again and then down the western slopes to the wonders of tropical zone. I lectured to dusky miners among the bestling crags and boulders and to cultured gatherings

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C. W. JETFRIES, Director. Hongkong Observatory, Dec. 28, 1921,

1. BAROMETZE,"reduced to 82 do?ries: Fahrenheit, on the level of the ses int incher, tonths and hundredths.

2. TEMPS ATURE, in the shade la de grees Fahrenheit.

3. HUMIDITY, in percentage of saturs tion the humidity of air saturated with 4. DIRECTION OF Wise, co two printe

5. FORCE OF WIND, according to

Hok Canton, (Wo Hing) from K. moisture being 100. C. Wan. Wharf.

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Tongles, (Yei Tai Hong) from Lun- Eeadford Hosle.

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7. RAIN in Inches tenths and pon- dredths.

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T. F. CLAXTON, Director.

Liont de la Tour, (M. M. Cle) for Haiphong, Saigon.-Dec. 23. that I have met in fiction during, the "The thieves, of whom we believe past few months have been cool-head-there were three, bad evidently driven

Choy Sang, (J. M. & Co.) for Swa- ed, iron nerved, and steel-muscled. in a motor car during the rainstorm Spanish tradition-haunted towns of

tow, Shanghai.-Dec. 28.

Chip Shing, (J. M. & Co.) And the heroes seemed like the man on Saturday evening. One of them old Peru. Passing the Channel in those days with the white gloves-you know, the appears to have climbed the area

Canton.-Dec. 28. "I have returned after my six the culture system introduced about was no mean undertaking; one of the man who tries to help the clown just palings and entered by forcing a win-years' tour enriched with a collection

Egypt, (P.&O. B.N. Co.) for 1833 by the Governor-General, Van letters mentions a wait at Boulogne tou late and always falla on his back. dow.

Shanghai.-Dec. 28. of cottons, cotton oil, and, cotton der Bosch, though the compulsion of nearly a week" for a day on which

Seistan, (H. M. H. Nemazee) for "Listen to this" he went on, turn. underlying the system has been the wind was favourable; but with a

"Besides stealing my goods they seeds oils from the great oil belt,

Singapore.-Dec. 28. vegetable ivory eliminated. Competition between good wind the Channel could being over the leaves of a book that he drank nearly a bottle of brandy. One sugar cane, a

Taiszema, (Yan Fat) for Kwong Chow Wan.-Dec. 28: factories for land is prevented by the crossed in three hours. One of the was carrying, and he read: "Trix of them evidently cut his band, for we for making buttons, specimens of regulations which r. quite a licence family, Dr. Roget, was in Paris in bit her lips and swung the heavy car found a glove, much stained with gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, mica,

Shantung, (B. & S.) for Canton.--- from Government for a new factory 1802 and. describes its discomforts Then she reached out and drew two in blood on a door, They ransacked which Peru is famous. "I have also

right-handed down the narrow lane. blood, on the floor and a fingerprint vanadium, and other minerals for Doo. 28. to be erected. This has long been vividly:

Jacox, (P. M. 8. 8. Co.), or Singa refused in West Java. and for some

revolvers from the case. Take this," the house, breaking down doors with brought little bales of vegetablo wool

pofe, Calcutta.-Dec. 28: time past no new factories have been renders it really dangerous to walk in hand, and remember that a Colt Every drawer and cupboard was

"The total want of foot pavement she said, thrusting one into John's a big jemmy, which they left behind, an greatly osteemned in Lancashire as

Mattawa, (C. P. S. Ltd.), for full-rough and moderate rough, permitted in C atral or Eastern Java. the streets till you are trained to feats fires low.""

Hongay-Deo. 28. The Committee came away from of agility Accidents are frequent.

searched, and they even turned my herbs and chemical earths, coals from

Tonglue, (You Ta Hoog), for Hongkong, Observatory, Dec. 28, 19 the island convinced that succes The pavement consists of largo round

You see what I mean," the little bed upside down and searched anong Oyon, rubber, tobacco, coffee, cocoa

Chefoo.-Dec. 29. and caca, the basis of the drug has been secured by an admirable stones very far from being level and man said, "John was there as a sort the boots in the boot cupboard.

Wah Hang, (Wing, Hang), for cocaine." organisation for mutual assistance very irregular. They are generally of stage convention. Nobody wanted

-M. Salomon believes that the youth wong Chow Wan.-Dec. 29. in all directions, above

Wo Sun, (Pak Hong) tor Stanmi.- all greasy and very slippery. The him-least of all Trix. She had to

of Peru will not now be long in dis

Dos. 20 in regard to research, generous gutters which run in the middle of tell him to be careful with tho expenditure on which is recognised to the street gently sprinkle the revolver, as though to were a child. about them. She never has time to playing to the world their latent be a most profitable investment, and passengers with mud. No lady can and this book is wrist.n by a woman, do inore than throw her clothes on, initiative and resourcefulness. They by the adoption of methods of culti-walk in the street, and no gentleman and she knew that a Cult fired ow. and she runs her hand. through her have gigantic tasks before them in irrigation, the building of roads and vation and manufacture on which it if in full dress."

I didn't know it, so I should have short curly locks.". would be difficult to improve, carried In America in 1818 Dr. Roget been as useless as Fulin. When I used to read stories in railways, harnessing the hydraulic out under highly-trained and well- found the roads torrible and was

which the heroine fainted, or cried Pre sure of the mountain waters, in "Further on Trix stealean and had to be comforted, it made me exploiting their country's mineral paid supervision. It should be noted, struck by the black and gloomy aeroplano and gets away with it I feel a manly sort of a fellow. I wealth, and tapping its immense re however, that the committee incline appearance" of Pittsburg, then a new think John was allowed to come 100, fancied myself rescuing her from all servoirs of oil. to the belief that the high-water mark but fast growing town. He saw one but he was of no uso-no more use sorts of dangers, and well, cutting a of prosperity has been passed of the early steamors on the Ohio, than Ishould have been. "Coats both of oultivation and manu- but has little to say of her, though he

bit of a dash, in fact. But now "Ay for clothes-well, I don't re- why, I'd only be in the way." facture are rising, "labour dificulties states that "there are eloven now member that Trix was ever out of o are increasingly felt, and political plying between New Orleans and other flying kat or a Boarlot went developments threaten to affect the Louisville."

and an old tweed skirt. And it hitherto, amicable arrangementa be-

docen't even mention that she knew what a hat was lo

Sinkiang, (B. & 8.) for Shanghai.- Dec. 29.

Kwangtung, (B. & 8.) for Sato, Singapore. Deo. 29,

Hanyang, (B. & S) for Hangay. Dec. 29,

Cilicio, (Dodwell & Co.) for Shang hai-Dec, 29.

Rhodosin, (Manvers & Backhouse). for Sabang.-Dec. 29.

HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS.

Tho Tima Fallon Kowloon Signal Hill

"except on Saturdays when it is droppen. at 10 am and 1 pm, and on Sundar and Holidays when it is dropped at 1.

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look Jawor blood on resulting yally on the C

Ships under construction for Ameri- can private owners are classed as one Io rolapsed into a mournful silence, coal burnar of 1,600 tons; twelve oil bad then the door oponed, and a baring ships of 82 330 tons, and four strong, beautiful, bobbed haired which can born either coal or off of muiden blot in 107,000 tons, all cargo carriers,

"Hullo!" she cried.

"Sorry to addition there are 10 tanken, oll from a wond whion Chimberling Patt by-jund in case. Don't forget vessels aro olassed, Two, thakers of our mes ditos dit also causes extinguished momentarily at in over It may be silly but I do like to kong you waiting, but I pus on n now bunara of 817,201 tons. All of Ghigge Halen in promptly applied it inst

ni Iseptle anil destroys the goring which From 8.80 to, 8.00 p.m. tian lampasuk then, even though I don' tider your cost. Como on." stand all about them. But the

11,002 tons are unclass making a wounds to be without curation and except at the 2nd, 20th, 2011 And the little man followed her total fans for private owls ad in one third the Lim rojulted Spond in 14th of each minute modern horoino simply docen's bother muskly.-Daily Maili

480,917 tons.

Cascais e represie by all The hours rater to Hanakori kagia

Piano (0 koöre Esat of Greenwich.)

tween the tact, ries and the land. A start has been made with the holders The industry is the not work of demolishing the Old Pust entirely ancare in the position it has fleesbuilding. It is hoped that road about au wearing pretty 80 PCfully establi hed; and its year from low there will be a mulorn, difficulis and probl's appear likely reinforced structure there, eght to multiply rather than duinigh

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