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"THESE THREE

FORMER H.K. ACCOUNTANT DIVORCED BY WIFE

VISIT TO CUBICLE

In the Divorce Court this momed a letter from hizi ascing ling before the Chief Justice, Sir to arrange for his passage back to

Atholl MacGregor, Mrs Cecilia Hong Kong to start life afresh. Maria Eleanor Forrest petitioned for Petitioner added that she had one the dissolution of her marriage with child, seven years old. His name Mr. Leslie Forrest on grounds of was William Henry Joseph Forrest adultery and was granted a decree jnisi, to be made absolute within three months, on application. The petitioner was also granted the cus- Mr. George Albert Bond, brother- tody-of her seven year-old boy. in-law of petitioner, said he came The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, to know both petitioner and respon- Junior, appeared for petitioner, dent ten years ago In September, while respondent who is in Scotland, 1930, petitioner asked him to make was not represented.

inquiries regarding her husband In the witness box, Mrs. Forrest who had stayed out several nights. testified that she was born in Hong On information, witness went to a Kong and married respondent inflat in Temple Street and found re- January, 1929. He courted her for spondent with a Chinese woman în two years, but petitioner put him one of the cubicles. The wernan off saying he was only in Hong was scantily dressed.

Kong for employment and would For three days running witness probably decide to return to Scot-visited the same flat and found the land in the future. The respondent respondent in the cubicle with the declared he intended to make his woman. On the first visit, respon- home in the Colony and on this dent was drunk and said something assurance, petitioner married about the Chinese woman being his concubine and something to the

him

LOST SEVERAL POSTS

Respondent lost a series of posts.

ง

effect that "When in China do what the Chinese do."

In reply to the Chief Justice, Mr.

He worked in the China Light and D'Almada admitted that there was

Power Company, Limited,

the no evidence to show that the re- and spondent was in a position to return

Into Hong Kong.

RAM.C Messrs Linstead Davis, and several other firmas 1930, respondent was unemployed.

His Lordship then pronounced a Sometime in September, 1930, decree nisi to be made absolute with- petitioner asked her brother-in-law, in three months.

Mr. George Bond, to make inquiries The petitioner was also granted about her husband, who had been the custody of the child.

staying out frequently at night. As

a result, petitioner's brother-in-law found her husband living with 2

Chinese woman. From then on Finnish Visit To

petitioner and respondent ceased to live as man and wife, although the former still stayed in *the same house.

FINANCIAL OFFER

S

Berlin

Helsinski, To-day

It is officially announced that the Finnish Foreign Minister, Dr. Respondent continued to stay out Holsti, will leave for Berlin on at night two or three times a month October 22 for a visit to the Ger- and was frequently drunk Peti-man Foreign Minister, Baron von tioner told him that as he had no Neurath.

employment it would be better for! Before returning to Finland he him to return to Scotland. Respon-will pay a visit to Riga. Trans- dent refused Petitioner offered Ocean..

respondent financial help to go ele-

where and start life afresh, but he The Late Mr. G. C.

refused. He left the house

Watson

1931, and in 1932 he was arrested by the police and deported as a de- stitute.

It is revealed that the death of Petitioner saw respondent before Mr. G. C. Watson, chief engineer he was deported when he saw her of the s.s. Helikon, which was and asked her to put up a bond so reported in the late edition of the that he might stay in Hong Kong China Mail" yesterday, was due He was not very keen on facing his to dysentery. people in Scotland.

The funeral will pass the Petitioner refused to comply and Monument at 5 p.m. to-day respondent stated that he would · He joined the ship in September raise money when he reached Scot-jand previous to that was second land and return to Hong Kong. engineer of the ss. “Taishan" The

In October 1936, petitioner receiv-deceased has a family here and a

MEDWAY BACK

HMS. Medway, Submarine De-

married daughter at Singapore, and with them the deepest sym-

pathy will be felt

pot Ship, accompanied by the Sub- CHOLERA IN NEW

marines of the Fourth Flotilla re-

turned to Hong Kong this morn ing from Wei-hai-wei when they have been participating in their Janual summer exercises.

TERRITORIES

Three cases of cholera, all in the

HMS. Eagle, Aircraft Carrier New Territories, were reported to attached to the China Station, is the Health Authorities in the 24 expected to leave Wei-hai-wei to-hours ended at midnight. morrow for Hong Kong.

In the same period there were 8. The Medway brought a number of cases of dysentery, seven of them Naval and military families from in Victoria, and three cases of the North.

typhoid fever..