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The mentally sketchy friend says she's going to complain to the telephone company. They've. wrecked two of her romances by telling her beau to put in another nickel.

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 25, 1940

POISON LIPSTOLD HIS

SON OF COUNTESS

"All's well with daddy." This was a reporter. how some malicious person the telegram Mr. Frederick George had informed Derek of the action.

"We are longing to go up North to Wharton, thirty-four, acquitted at the

that I can explain to Old Bailey on a charge of bigamously see Derek so marrying Countess Edeltruda Clau-him exactly what has happened," Mr. dette von Costenza, an Austrian, sent Wharton said.· to his son in Manchester.

When the case began, Mr. and Mrs. Wharton sent their son, Derek, eleven, to live with his grandmother at New- ton Heath, Manchester.

He had not been long there when a polson' tongue told him: "Your Ho has daddy will go to prison. been married twice."

Derek went to his grandmother, Mrs. Wheway. "Grannie," he said, "they say I have two names and that

another I have

mummy. It's not true, is it, Grannie?"

Mrs. Wheway comforted, the boy. Then she showed him the telegram.

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"This has been a terrible ordeal for me. But my wife has nover"

lost faith in me."

"Now I have instructed my solicitor to destroy the fake marriage certi- ficate.

"My firm, has also stood by me. When Mr. Wharton left the dock a free man, his wife flung her arms round his neck and whispered: "You're my husband

You couldn't belong to anyone else. Come home now, darling."

Glamorous red-haired Countess von Costenza, who said she gave Wharton £25 or £30 for marrying her so that she could become British, was not in court to hear the verdict.

"HOLLYWOOD NOW?"

Curled up on a settee at her luxuri- ous Kensington flat the Countess told a reporter:

"I left Germany because I did not believe in the Hitler regime. I wished to carry on film work, but when the months went by and I was without a job I decided the only thing was to marry an Englishman.

but

"I am glad this case is over I am still confused. I, do not know what I am going to do.

"I will not go back to Germany. That is certain. I may go to Holly- wood, but nothing has been decided about that.

"I hoped to be able to make a name for myself on the London stage, but now. well, that seems to be all over. But I am not worrying. I am leaving that to the authorities."

In court, Wharton said the signa ture on the marriage register was not his. He suggested that the Countess got particulars about him when he was offered a job as secretary to a society which he understood was to help foreigners.

He said a letter received by the Countess in Paris, was a forgery.

Mr. L. A. Byrne (prosecuting): It must be a wonderful piece of work? Wharton: It is amazing to me.

GOLF RESULTS

The Shanghai-Visitors' Cup was played on the Old Course at Fanling yesterday. Leading results, subject to a final check, are:

James Stewart is the' homespun youth suddenly and bewilderingly · appointed a United States Senator in Frank Capra's current Colum- Smith Goes to bia film, "Mr. Washington," now at the King's Theatre.. Jean Arthur Is starred as the young Senator's secretary and gulding star.

TENNIS

JAPANESE STARS AT K.C.C.

Tennis of the highest order was seen. by quite a large crowd at Kowloon Cricket Club yesterday when high- ranking Japanese players, passing through on their way to Manila to take part in the All-comers' tournament, knocked up on the club's hard courts.

On view were Japanese numbers one and two lady tennis players, Miss S. Kamo, seventeen year old Japan chem- pion, and her fourteen year old sis- ter. These players proved a trifle dis- appointing and their play had little variety. Both hit tremendously hard on the forehand but on the backhand their stroking was essentially defen- sive. Their services could not by de- scribed otherwise than weak.

The men, were definitely good, Ko- tera, a left-hander, and Kimura being of the highest class. Particularly in- teresting was a single between these two. Hard hitting on both hands deep to the baseline and strokes made with clockwork precision in prolonged ral- A. McKellar 143 wins; W. W.. C.lies made excellent entertainment. Shewan 145; S. L. Lloyd 147; T. E. Pearce 149; R. R. de L. Liesching and J. M. Pearson 150; W. Sharp, G. M. Park and J. T. Smith 151; T. Megarry, Wing-Cdr. Steele-Perkins and Lt.-- Col. E. D. Matthews 153.

Taking part in these games in addi- tion to the visitors yesterday were 0. Umetani, E. C. Fincher, A, Crawford and Miss M. Stokes.

FOOTBALLERS ENTERTAINED

The Macao Interport footballers were entertained to dinner by the at Hong Kong Football Association the Hotel Cecil last night when close on one hundred persons were pre- sent. The Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, President. of the H.K.F.A., presided.

Dr. Conceincao after expressing thanks for the great reception said that! Macao was as regard the match proud to have been able to meet and play against such a fine team - of young men who have shown such a fine spirit of sportsmanship. Macao had learned the best things of sport from Hong Kong...

This game played an important part between the two Colonies of Macao and Hong Kòng and they were proud of the centuries of unity and the happy friendship that, has existed between the two Colonies.

GOLD STAR WINS

The U.S.S. Gold Star defeated the U.8.5. Mindanao by 78 pins in a friendly ten-pin match at the Hong Kong Bowling Alley on Friday. Scores

- U.). Gold stari-H. Mount (877), S, Pawlowski (784), T," MIREK ((657),93 @ B.::C\ sick (650). Total, 2900,

MU.S.8. Mindanaor--D, M. Koplinger: (830), E. F. Merrifï (738), B. Goldén' (87%)) 'Thomas (647). Total, 280