1937-08-21 — Page 11

WIFE DID NOT KNOW SHE WAS DIVORCED

To New Pox

Post MYSTERY

LOBRI

CAS

Was

ing a decree absolute husband, without informing

her her

Mrs: James claimed that as a result of the negligence of the solicitor, Mr. W. B. D. Shackleton, of Piccadilly, Bradford, she was unable to obtain maintenancë.

Mr. W. A. MacFarlane. (for Mrs. James) explained that she was married when twenty-three, in 1994, and lived at Burley-in-Was

Granted Decree Nisi

Her husband left her in 1928, and an association with anothers wo- Mrs. James CONSE a sobiciter about divorce proceedings She was granted a certificate to sue as a poor person, and the case was assigned to Mr. Shackleton. A decree nisi granted at Leeds in July, 1930.

The divorce would have been made about the New Year of 1931, but at this period. Mr. as concerned, quite wrong- Fobtain costs to entified from Mrs. dénot at all con- cree made abso-

Former U. S. Ambassador to Swe- den L. A. Steinhardt is pictured as he arrived in New York on his way - to Washington to confer with Presi dent Roosevelt prior to embarking for new post as envoy to Peru.

Mr. James said NAVAL OFFICER

te reconciled to his

Mr. Shackleton-apparently he could to bring the couple but made it a sort of condi- Mr. MacFarlane, that first

the husband should pay him $25 on

LOST FROM YACHT

Lloyd's have issued a request

$100

Euro

be converted

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from

use into fully

lecon

engine is an

ing Dust-cart

$3.00

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song

the

it worth

$100

cond "Q" vehicle is, in In any case it had better be nipp ivilian life, a municipal refuse ed in the bud because there defini cart, which becomes a fully equip-tely no need for any rise in price of ped decontaminator with a large foreign foodstuffs, anyway. collapsible tank and spraying ap-

For my part the only "bad ex- paratus, to clean up after a gas change my compradore is likely to Lattack.

substantiate is when I receive the Latest of the "Q" vehicles to be inflated-priced goods and forget constructed is a six-ton Dodge settle the bill until I find it con-

lorry which can be used either for venient to pay-and to follow the fire fighting or decontamination. natural alternative of looking and

Its collapsible canvas tank holds buying elsewhere.

600 gallons of water, and the pump Government should take im- will deliver water nearly 100 feet mediate action and not leave into the air at the same pressure until one forgets what the pre-infla as a standard-type fire engine.

Ition price was. Special spray jets are provided

Mr. Justice Humphreys called atten- tion to a letter to Mrs. James in which for information concerning the for decontamination work. it was stated: "I must ask you to let fate of a retired naval officer, me have £135. 8d. out-of-pocket ex-

Lt. Cmdr. Arthur Bustace Cov

was swept overboa from a yacht in the Solent.

What justification was there for eney, who

asked the Judge.

Mr. MacFarlane: None.

The Judge: Of course not. He had to look to the Poor Persons' Committee for his out-of-pocket expenses.

Driving The Pump

A Man with Motive

The pump, which is driven by the lorry engine, can be connected new type directly to the water hydrant, thus that eliminating the need for refilling the container each time

The cost of equipping a lorry as ing "Q" fire fighter is

In connection with the

raid prec

Lt-Cmdr Coveney, who lived at Oak House, Longhurst-road, East Horsley, Surrey, was 39. He was on a week-end cruise from ment Poole with Mr. John Woiryche the Home Office is Counsel said that Mr. Shackleton ap- Dixon, a London accountant, in plied for the decree to be made abso-Mr. Dixon's Bermudian sloop lute in April, 1931, and this was done. Imari. Mrs. James knew nothing of this, and Mr. Shackleton-never asked if shet- wished it to be done, neither did he tell her that it had been done.

A few days before her decree misi was made absolute, Mrs. James became reconciled with her husband

She did nothing more about her di vorce and lived with Mr. James for

tance The boat was some from the Needles Channel when it was struck by a bigose. Lt- Cmdr. Coveney, who was at the

and was swept overboard. helm, apparently lost his balance

Mr. Dixon, who was below, nearly four years, believing that he was heard a cry and ran on deck. He still her husband.

threw a rope, which Cmdr. Cov

They separated again, and when Mrs/eney grasped, but his grip failed James again applied to the Poor Per- and he went under. sons Committee to ascertain if her former decree nisi could be inade ab solute, the facts were elicited.

Mr. Dixon was injured when the boom swung round and struck As the result of the lapse of time, him. He was also handicapped Mrs. James was debarred from being because he had to control the able to apply for maintenance under yacht in a very choppy sea. After a vain search he took the vessel into Eepe, Southampton Water.

Mr. Macrariane said that at the time Mrs. James became reconciled to Mr. James she would no doubt have re- married him had she known that the decree nisi had been made absolute.

Lt. Cmdr. Coveney was ly built and an expe land there.

the might have been

by some

Mr Nigel Coveney, a brother,

The Hong Kong Aquarium Socie

is holding an outing on Sunday the New Territories. Those par- said: ticipating will meet at 10 am, at the Jordan Road Ferry, in Kowloon. A Jorry

the expedi- tion

"Empress of

will berth at

here at

"There is just a million to chance that my brother has picked up. Mr, Dixon is ly deeply upset. He told somehow he got the Lepe but because of he sca abou

Cook

by

Gas

Bconomical