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K Crepe rubber soleu SHOES

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY. MAY 27TH, 19

K Makers bave spent two Years in perfecting the crepe rubber soled shee. Last year they overcame the dificubty of making rubber soles weld immovably by means of a new and successful method. This year they have applied the non- skid principle of the motor tyre to K crepe shoes. The circular holes in the outer layer of rubber give a firm suction grip and also help to prevent the tough crepe. rubber from spreading.

Buy "K's" and be satisfied.

Mackintosh

MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS ALEXANDRA BUILDING.

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Yours Truly

(REPRESENTING THE ORIENT TOBACCO, MANUFACTORY IN HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA)

"

If you want cigars of the best quality under the La Perla Del Oriente",..

El Cometa Del Oriente" and the "Grandanis" brands, you can rest assured that you can get them from us.

Come and inspect our store, or phone C. 1856 for particulars.

22, De Vaux BOLT (OPPONTEM TICE P. & O. Bunaine),

APE

LOOPHOLES IN THE LAW FOR WIVES.

NO BANKRUPTCIES OR INCOME

TAX

HUSBANDS TO BLAME

The husband of a rich woman recently

CHINESE CHAUFFEUR ASSAULTED.

DEFENDANTS TO APPEAL

AGAINST CONVICTION.

When Mr. Zimmern and Mr. Leonard

"half.

NAVAL WEDDING. '

ADSHEAD-ORME

A pretty wedding took place at St. John's Cathedral yesterday afternoon, when the contracting parties were Surg Canidr. Geoffrey Taler Adshead, of the

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

TODAY'S AGENDA.

A meeting of the Legislative Council will be held this afternoon at 2.30.

BATHING BEACHES.

The Hon. Sir H.E. Pollock, K., wilh

(1) Will the Government appoint, a Conimittee for the purpose of consider ing and reporting to this Council on the following questions in connection with Repulse Bay, namely:

(a) The feasibility of providing better

bathing accommodation.

died, before their joint income tax had were charged before. Major C. Willson at Royal Naval Hospital, son of the late nak the following questions: been paid, leaving an insufficiency of the Central Magistracy yesterday with Mr. John Adsheag, and Mrs. "Adshead, money to pay the tax. The income tax having assaulted a Chinese motor-driver of Macclesfield, Cheshire, and Miss Ove commissioners asked the widow, from the presions night. Mr. A. E. Hall, who May Orur of the Hongkong Education whose income the major portion of the

delended them pleaded" that they had Department, daughter of Mr. Charles tax had always been paid, to pay the tax, but the refused, stating that she would been unnecessarily provoked by the com- One, Penrith, Cumberland,

The Rev. Copley Moyle officiated. Law which take advantage of the

plainant who had called them

The brido, who was given in marriage had treated both their incomes as one.

castes," the husband only being liable to pag.

by Mr. J. A. Plummer, of Messrs. Bradley Both defrilants pleaded not guilty. This was one instance of anomalies of the law concerning married women whigh

-Complainant said that he was stand & Co., was charmsingly attired in a draped, were cited by Mrs. Maud 1. Crofts, one

A lang veil of the first women solicitors, who addressing, by his car at 10.15 pm near the sown of white satin with dong sloves ed a group of students at the College of Queen's Theatre waiting for his master,embroidered with beads, Nursing, on The Wife under English The two defendants came along, and-after | fastened "with a corout of orange blos- Law.

fingering the car for some time opened ¦ sins formed her train and she carried a No married woman is liable to the door ard seated themselves.

sheaf of Madonna lilies На income ta er super lax." said Mrs. Crofta. In spite of the Married Women's Property Acts, which conferred

an married women the right to own.pro- "perty, the husband is still solely liabla to pay tax on both his own and his wife's income, which for this purpose are treat ed as one income.

DODGING IT. "No-married wonian can be adjudged a bankrupt The fact that this can be extremely useful under certain cireum stances was illustrated by a spinster who failed in business, but avoided the con sequences by marrying while the bank. ruptcy proceedings were pending,

Again, there is the enactment which provides that when man and wife are jointly indicted for an offence the woman Can ask the court to presume coercion, Not long ago a couple were charged with an extensive series of betting frauds There was not the slightest doubt that- the wife was the brains of the business, her husband being merely a passive tool in her hands, but she pleaded, coercion and escaped.

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pointed out to them that the ear was a private one, and he was awaiting his makter.

Miss Alyer Brennan, pue of the bride's colleagues in the Education Department, An argument ensued and the was bridesmaid She was' attived in a defondants lost their triper and used j sown of old rose taffeta, bound with silver | abusive language. One of them even trimmed with silver and taffeta muxos į

and carried a shower bouquet of pink tually struck him.

Replying to Mr. Hall he denied that he was in the habit of hiring his master's var. He admittel having called the de fendants, balf-castes."'

After evidence had been given by the defendants, Mr. Hall submitted that his clients had been greatly pruvcked,

POSTA,

曲

Capt. R. Sturges, Royal Marines, asted

as best nu.."

Mrs. Plummer, the matron of honour. Wore a gown of coffee coloured georgette,

As the bride and britl/groow left the | Cathedral, they passed under an archway of crossed, swords, made by the bride. groom's colleagues.

There was

a large attendance at the

The magistrate said that it was a clear ease of assauit, and fined nach defendant

25 and further ordered thru to pay $5Charch and also at the reception' which each as compensation to the ampliant.

was subsequently held at the residence of Mr. Hall gave notice of appeal.

1 Mrs. Phimmer. No. 513. The Prak.

Among the guests were Vics-Admira! Sif, Edwyn Alexander-Sinetair; Mr. A" E Wood (Director of Education: Cen

nodore and Mrs. Stirling, Surgenu-Cap

UP A TREE.

Fortunately, that particular law is soon to be amended, and any woman who raises the coercion pley after June INDIAN GUNNER WHO RESISTED ai and Mrs. Chator? Capts. Forster, next, will have to support it" with evidence.

THEFT.

ARREST.

Dowbiggin and Steele (A.D.'s to the

overnor): Professor and Mrs | Shell | Had Gunner Mohammad Khan, of the lshear; Dr. and Mrs. 'Moore : Mr. and Mrs. Royal Artillery, gons about his work Morton Dyer: Mr. and Mrs. "1. E. fiabl noiselessly he would probably be a free with; and Mr. and Mrs. E. Beavis,

The honeymoon is being spent in Eng lead, the couple travelling zin Japan, and Canada The bride's going-away af silver-grey, georgett costume was trimmed with blue georgette, with hat to match.

(b) The feasibility of enlarging "the area of the lunch which can be hathed from by the removal of rocks from the western end of the Ray

(e) The provision of the proper sani- Lary conveniences for those resort- ing to Renabe Hay.

(d) The regular removal by senvenging coolies of rubbish and refuse and tins from the houses and beach. (e) The regular inspection by a Sani- tary Inspector of the septic tanks and drainage and other outlets, for the purpose of ensuring that "the kame are working effectively and. without danger tỏ the public health!

The cutting and keeping ent, and the removal of all rubbish and re- fuse and tins from, the long grass and other undergrowth below the Hotel Garage, and in such other places as are recommended by the above.f'ommittee.

Generally, the making of such re-

mendations as may tend to in- -DARDVER the bathing and public t health ronditions at Repulse Bay and to check the breeding of flies and mosquitoes.

(2) Will the Government also empower the above Conditee to consider and report upon the feasibility of inhugu- rating a new public bathing beach in the neighbourhood of Stanley

TRANSPORT IN KOWLOON. The Hon. Mr. D. 6. M. Bernard will

"ask:

1) What is the present position with regard to the establishment of à per- magens system in Kowloon ?

(b) Will the Government consider the advisability of employing an expert from Fenie to advise as to the most suitable type of vehicle to adopt. !

CHINESE RESTAURANT.

LICENCES.

The Colonial Secretary will propos. the following resolution:

"It is still ordained that under normal conditions a busband and wife are in capable of stealing from each other." The appropriation of the property of a wife only becomes a theft if the person res.man to-day. He elimbed a trep opposite -ponsible is about to desert from the hoine. St. Andrew's Church. Kowloon, when If one of the parties concerned in a darkness had set in on Tuesday evening marriage is so drunk at the time of the wedding as to be incapable of recognizing for the purpose of taking away some of the other, he or she has the right to dethe green branches. The snapping of the mand afterwards that the ceremony shat! Branches was heard, and Mohammed was be declared invalid."*"

In response to a 'conimand

n European Police descinded to face Sergeant. The Sergeant was on his way to the Water Police Station with another Indian, whout he had arrested. - Moham MADAME HERRIOT'S SHORT STAY heading Chinese Restaurant Licenes

Speaking of the Probate, Disorre, and Admiralty Division of the Law Courts, Mrs. Crofts aid the urføle title had a ways been something of a mystery to lawyers. There was, of course, kom on pection between probate and divorce, Img

seen.

it was hard to see where the Admiraltyed was ordered to go the same way, but

came in. An ingenious student had sug gested that perhaps it was included cause Venus rose from the sea.

SEVEN-VOLUME NOVEL,

MR. COMPTON, MACKENZIE'S THREE YEARS' TASK.

Mr. Compton Mackenzie, the author, has entered into a contract with" an American publishing house to write a novel of 1,000,000 words. It will be issued in seven volumes simultaneously three years helice Afterwards he is to under- take a history of the Crusades in eight volumes, and he is also contemplating a novel in about 3 volumes, the theme beginning in the year 1000 ad ending in 1014. It will form a kind of ancestral epir. Mr. Mackenzie is now 13, and he says: The last work way amuse my old

age

*** OUR SEVEN SELVES."

DISTINGUISHED FRENCH

VISITOR.

IN HONGKONG.

Madame Herriot, the wife of M. instead, tackled the Sergeant with a view Tot escaping. Blows were being exchang Herrint, at one tiine Premier of France, ed when a European came to the assist and at present President of the French anes of the Sergeant, and Mohammed | Chamber of Deputies, was on a brief visit | ceased to struggle..

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This was the evidence given by Sergt. Jessop at the Kowloon Magistracy 5 terday, when the Clunner was charged with danaging a trow, and with assault. Mr. F. M. Beltram, who assisted the Bergrant, corroborated,

to Hongkong on Tuesday.

Arriving, hy the .s. Sang Ro from Haiphong early in the morning, she was welcomed by the French Consul, M. de la Prata. and was later entertained at the Consul's residence at Peak Road. Madame Herriot was accompanied by Defendant alleged that the Sergeant Madame Wilden, the wife of the French had taken from him a 83 note and a

Minister at Bangkok, formerly French packet of cigaretten. Sergt. Jessop Consul-General in Shanghai, denied it.

Resolved by the Legislative Counéti that, in respect of Chinese Restaurant Licences for the year 1926 only, the following Schedule of feesia substitut ed. for the Schedule of fees contained in " the Second Schedale to the Liquors Con solidation Ordinance, 1911, under the

en page 1901 of Volume IV. of the Ordinances of Hongkong, 1844-1923:

Chinese Restaurant licence:

Licence for a period of three months. When the valuation of the premises or supied is!

$62.50 Under 3500 $500 or over, but under $2,000 125.00. $2.000 or

over, but under $5,000 ...... $5,000 or over, but under

210,000

$10,000 or..over

Payable in advance.

250.00

500.00 750.00

Resolved further that in respect of Chinese Restaurant Licences for the year 1927 and subsequent years, the Schedul of fees now appearing on page 100 of Volume IV: of the Ordinances of Hong Amongst those present at the Consu-kong, 1844-1823, shall be of full force and

effect. Mr. J. H. B. Nihill, the Magistrate late were M. Lecot. Manager of the

ORDERS OF THE DAY. intimated that the allegation could not Banque de Indo-China, and Mmr. be taken seriously.

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French Consulate: M and Mme. Rollen; and M. Aumount, a director of Dennis

Frends.

The Orders of the Day include the first to aathorise the Bank of Canton Limited the second reading of the Bill intituled te convert its gold capital into silver and An Ordinance to amend the law relating to the Post Office.

Defendant was fined $20 on the firet Lecot:" M. and Mme. Nadaud, of the reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance The title of the million word novel up-charge, and sentenced to 14 days in pears in the contract 118 Our Seven prisnament without the option of a fine Selves, and it is to be ready for pub- on the second. Heation in the autumn of 1999 or the spring of 19:30 Mr. Mackenzie is to start the actual writing of the book carly next year, and it will be written entirely at the Isle of Jethou, in the Channel Islands, which he bought some" years ago. The titles selected for the seven volumes are: Alien Corn: 2, The Appie of Discord:

· BIG OPIUM HAUL. SEIZURE ON JARDINE STEAMER.

3. The Dark and the Fair: 4. The Heroic A large quantity of opium, said to be Symphony: 5. The Molehill; &, The Moun-valued at $50,000 was acized by Revenue tain 7. The Olives of Home

Offers from, the Imports and Exporta Mr. Mackenzie told a reporter: setting of the hook legins in the year Department on the Indo-China Car's... 1597 and finishes in the 1920's, and its | Sui Sang on Monday.

The

relation to his art, profession, or craft

theme is the self-determination of man in The drug was contained in 19 bags and women family class, country; human-weighed about 7,000 taels. It was con- ity and God. The length of the work ealed inside the "donkey hoiler on top is due to the large stage, which extends

Mme. Herriot has had a prolonged stay in Indo-China. She left for Shanghai by the ss. Angkur Inter in the day, whence she will proceed to Peking and Japan. She returns to Euroue by the Trans-MILITARY PARADE AT WONG NEI Siberian railway.

MRS. A. B. K. F. I. H. G. P. D. DECREE FOR WOMAN WITH NINE CHRISTIAN NAMES.

THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.

CHONG.

On the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday (Thuraday. June 3rd) a parade of the Garrison will take place on the Wong Ner Chong Recreation Ground ut

A.m.

The Jockey Club" have kindly placed the Grand Stand and members enclosure In the Divorce Court, before the Pre-at the disposal of the public.

Lady Clementi and, party will be accom ident. Mrs. A. B. K. F. 1. H. G. P. D. Hill, of Withcroft-square. Hammersmith,modated in the Hongkong Club Stand which will be reserved for Members of the The steamer had arrived from Amoy petitioned for a divorce from her hus- Councils and Heads of Government De-

from Ireland to Greece, the length of time of one of the "tubes. covered by the narrative, and to the num ber of personages and groups involved My inspiration for the novel was my ex- perience during the war

and was bound for Singapore.

EUROPEAN INSPECTOR

INJURED.

TAXI CRASHES INTO ELECTRIC STANDARD.

band, Mr. F. C. S. Hill.

Asked by counsel to give her full name, she said that she bad written her Chris- tian names down.

The Judge Is your first name Acie: Yes..

A CONTRAST IN ISLANDS.

Sir James Barrie talked of an island that likes to be visited? Gerion is an island to which many would like to phary a prolonged visit, sinęs it does not know what to do with its abounding revenue,, Whilst proceeding along Des Vœux writes a correspondent to a home paper Road on Tuesday, u taxi-cab driver in out

"...

A boom in rubber and tes his caused an excess over the estimate of more, than avoiding a motor car coming from Ward- seren million rupees, there is no income- ley Street, drove his vehicle against an tax, and the spending departments are electric standard. simply unable to spend enough, so heavy.

partments.

It was originally intended to hold the parade on the Hongkong Cricket Ground but the arrangements have been altered.

ILLNESS OF SIR PAUL CHATER. CONDITION CAUSES GRAVE ANXIETY.

The Judge. (to. counsel): It is not the lady's fault she has all these namca.

Counsel: I am grateful to your lord.

I did not want to read them all Sir Paul Chater who has been india. ship.

posed for some time past, had a serious Mra. Hill gave evidence as to her mar. relapse recently and yesterday his con- give cause for the gravest riage, at St. Peter's Church, Hammer. dition Smith, in July. 1910, and her subsequent anxiety.

At one time hope was almost abandon- life with Mr. Hill in Borneo and Ham.

ed. mersmith.

Upon enquiry at Marble Hall last It was stated that Mr. Hill had stayed evening, we were informed that there had rewith another woman at t hotel in been no material change for some hours.

Sir Paul is in his 80th year and has Shaftesbury-avenue, and the judge grant. ed a decree nisi., UN pershapent sixty-two years in the Colony, He Mrs. Hill's full name is Acie Bethel was born in 1846 and arrived in Hong- Kitzinger Firth Ishti Helena Goiga Fre kong in 1881 as an assistant in the Bank

of Hindustan, Chins and Japan.

а was

are the votes of money placed at their. Sub-Inspector J. McLennan disposal.

passenger in the taxi at the time; and But there is another iiland, Eddy though not injured seriously, he was Island, nine miles from Galway, which

has owed £2,000 in ratus for years, be moved to the Government Civil Hospital. cause, it is declared, no one can anord The driver received injuries to his fore- to pay them

head. Caylan might send a cheque to Eddy- just as one island to another

The front part of the taxi was smashed. toria: Denver Hill.