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DECREE FOR

GOLF EX-CHAMPION Judge's Doubts In "Unusual" Case

Mr. Eric Martin Smith, the 1931 amateur golf champion, who lives at Wyndham-place, W., was grant- ed a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Bucknili, in the Divorce Court re- cently, against his wife, Dorothy Joan. Sir Westrow Hulse was cited as co-respondent.

There is one child of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Smith's marriage, which took place in 1932, when the husband. was 23. A former mar. riage of the wife had been dissolv- ed.

Mr. Martin Smith's case was that the marriage was happy for only

a brief time owing to differences in

Adultery taste.

was alleged Co

have been committed at Breamore Sir Westrow Hulse's Hampshire home, and at a Cannes hotel,

Giving his decision; Mr. Justice Bucknil remarked that Mrs. Mar. ith Smith denied adultery, but nad He not gone into the box. to do so was satisfied that adultery had been committed.

The case was unusual because the wife obtained a decree nisi in December, 1935, on the ground of her husband's adultery. That de- cree was rescinded at the instiga-3 tion of the King's Proctor because of the wife's adultery with the pre- sent co-respondent. which had never been disclosed to the court.

The parties remained tled-to- gether, the husband now sought a decree, asking the court to exercise discretion in his favour regarding his own adultery. Mr. Justice Buckmill continued:"

LADY HULSE'S MARRIAGE

Nikitina and Svetlanoff who will appear nightly during Feb- ruary commence their season on Friday, February 3 at the Glou- cester, Hotel,

NEWSETTES

Sergt. G. A, Carruthers, of Cen-1

the P. and

Mr. Wong Bock-cheong, heavy

The husband and wife separat- ed in November, 1934, and in the trai Police Station, is sailing by weight champion all-in wrestler O. Rajputana this of the Orient, sailed for Honolulu following February the husband, to

in the s.s. President Saturday, provide his wife with evidence for Saturday on Home leave.

divorce, stayed with a prostitute at a hotel two nights and committed adultery-a very wrong and foolish

thing to do.".

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Divisional - Inspector F Portallion, of Sham Shui Po Police! Station, and Mrs. Portalion, are sailing on Home leave by the P. and O. Rajputana on Saturday,

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Mr. A. R. Anderson. Superintendent in charge of the Traffic Department Singapore since 1937, is being transferred to Penang where he succeeds Mr. G.

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SOCIAL

VALUE UPHELD

Judges Define Law On "Expectation"

Three Lords Justices, sitting in the Court of Appeal recently, röled that the correct attitude for courta

to take in assessing the scale of awards on "loss of expectation of life" was to leave it to juries to: decide the meusure of right or the dead person.

They had dismised, without calling on counsel for the respon- dents, an appeal for which Mr. Justice Charles had granted unconditional leave "because he thought the damages were very excessive,"

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In the King's Bench Division a common jury had awarded £1,000

to Mr. Victor Bailey, of Oldfeld- lane. Greenford, Middlesex, for the "loss of expectation of life" of his three-year-old daughter Hazel, who was killed when a car in the charge of a "learner driver" Mr. Arthur

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John Howard, of Brownlow-road. BEWARE OF ·

New Southgate, crashed into the front garden of his house and struck a perambulator in which were Hazel and her younger sister, Norma

In addition, £350 was awarded in regard to Norma, who,, it was stated, suffered from shock and abrasions, but had made a good recovery apart from consequent nervousness,

ASTRONOMICAL FIGURES Mr. R. P. Monier-Williams, for Mr. Howard, said that if one approach- ed consideration of "losa of expectation of We" in the same way as jurica considered firing compensation for personal injuries. than one was forced into the re- gion of astronomical figures. In the majority of cases the figure so arrived at would be so great that no one could pay it.

Lord Justice Scott: "Will you assume that the court has already conceived the possibility of the problem being a difficult one? I should like to be referred to each of the decisions which have been reported on this matter.

Mr. Monier-Williams: I have them here, and I suggest that the damages in such cases should be, as I have said, a token amount.

Lord Justice Bcott: Putting it in schoolboys' language, to that not "funking" the question?

Mr. Monter-Wiliams: I submit

PLATINUM

Keep blondes; "

BLONDES

away from platinum

Don't lie in time of war:

Get round questions by giving idiotic answers and beating about "the bush:"and

Never give direct "Yes" of "No."

These were a few wartime spying tips given by Captain Franz von Rintelen, the former German spy, to the Manchester Publicity Asso- ciation.

.Many films gave a wrong im- pression of aples, he said.

A Spy was the very opposite to a couching. beast. He must be quiet and un- assuring.

"Platinum blondes don't oc- cur either," went on the Cap- täin. "Not that I would ob- ject to them, but none of them came my way."

Then Captain von Rintelen re- lented as he saw the disappoint- ment created by his words, and do occur, added. Perhaps they very rarely."

Captain von Rintelen then gave these hints to would-be sples:-

When your questioner gets ex- cited, keep quiet,

ber of drinks

Mr. Justice Buckmill said that he would not exercise discretion in this case if the result would be

Acting Sub Inspector B. GL Livingstone for a short period that anybody thought he could

When using an altered passport commit adultery to provide his wite Baker, or the Traffic Department

Mr. H.C. Tang, manager of the Eurasia Airways; accompanied by not. It is not compensation to the see that the date of birth on it is with evidence, and then, when her Central Police Station, is leaving!

by the P. and O. Rajputana,

Mr. B. Allen, Miss M. Chang and person, but to the estate. The genuine, so that you cannot forget suit failed, could come forward

another member of his staff teftestate is receiving something for it when persuaded to take a nam- himself and ask the court to exer- Saturday, on Home leave. cise discretion in his favour.

Saturday to the loss of someone else's life.

Lord The Ladies Committee of the for Rangoon

Justice Scott, giving Be prepared to know a lot about Reading Lady Hulse's affidavit.

Judgment, sald counsel had sub-the country which is supposed to and seeing the way in which Mrs. Cheero Club are holding a Jumble establish an office of his arm in

mitted that, though the Act had

have issued your passport. Martin Smith behaved to her and Sale at the Club on Friday. Febru- that city. the result of her conduct on Lady ary 17. The sale Will open at 2.30

Tang Kim-tung, 41, clerk of conferred on the representatives Melchers & Co., was charged before of a deceased person a right to those representatives Mr. R. Edwards at the Central damages, embezzled $719.19 from his employ-substantially less than the deceased

The wedding took place at the "In my view," said the Lord Registry, Supreme Court, yesterday, remanded to Saturday: ers on October 21, 1838. Tang was person might have recovered.

Justice, "there" is no warrant for of Dr. Kha Pek-po, medical offcer Lieut.-Col, H. L. Murrow cele-that submission as a principle of of the Queen Mary Hospital, and brates his sixtieth birthday to-day. law under the Act or in any case Mia, Helen Lonie, of No. 8 Kent Incidentally, it is a coincidence which has been decided in the Road, Kowloon Tong Mr. J. T. that he had previously made House of Lords, in this court or by Gould, Deputy Registrar of Mar- MrB. arrangements to attend the pre-a judge of first instance."

Hulse's marriage. the Judge' was Batised that a reconcillation was quite impossible In this case.

p.m.

Sergt. M. B. Manning.

the of

softball team,

He did not think that the adul-Water Police Station, a member Magistracy yesterday with having were entitled only to something tery of Mr. Martin Smith had cottof the C.B.A. duced in any way to that of his sailing by the P. and O. Rajputana wife. Lady Hulse's marriage had on Saturday on Home leave. bren destroyed.

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The Judge added: "Although I Mr. W. F. Dick has retired from

the Sarawak Civil Service have had very grave doubts about the case, on réflection I think I am Pension, he left last month Justified in exercising my discre- England, accompanied by tion in the petitioner's favour."

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TALK ON MADAME CHIANG KEI-SHEK

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WEDDING AT REGISTRY

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rlages, conducted the ceremony, and the witnesses were Dr. T. P. Wu and Mr. Willam Loule.

SATURDAY CEREMONIES

Communi-

of

view of the technicolour film) NO QUANTITATIVE SCALE Mr. Justice Buckniil opproved an

"Sixty Glorious Years" which is to "In the peculiar etrcumstances Mr. Peter E. Wong, formerly of be held in the Queen's Theatre of this cause of action." continued arrangement whereby Mr. Martin

the Lord Justice. "I see no means. On Saturday at the Registry, Smith agreed to an order for a the Toronto Star" has left for this morning.

of arriving at any sort of quantita- before Mr. Gould, the marriages yearly payment of £260, less tax Shanghai, where he will act

correspondent 105 the "Hong- A Thinking Day Ceremony tive scale for the guidance of Jud- took place of Mr. Hang Kwan- to his wife.

kong Dally Press."

portraying the international aspect ges or juries except the gradual chor, principal of the of guiding, under the auspices of working out, chiefly through the cation Radio School, and Miss

Sau-ying. At a recent meeting of the com-the Girl Guides Association, will common sense of juries, of the sort Chan

accountant mittee of St. Patrick's Society of be held at Central British School of figures that in English civiliza- the school; and Mr. The Wing- Shanghai, Lt.-Comar, P. C. Gilmore Hall on Wednesday, February 22, tion to-day are regarded as rea- shiu, undergraduate of the Kwong Bt. John's Cathedral Women's

R. N. Retired, was appointed Hon. at 6.30 p.m. The ceremony will sonable for that particular right Wah University, Shanghai, Fellowship will be very pleased to Treasurer and Mr. A. J. H. Carey. Include the presentation of the to damages.

Miss Mak. Yue-wah, daughter of welcome to their meeting on Hon. Secretary for the ensuing Prince of Wales Bariner by Lady

"Whether, ultimately, any sort Mr. Mak Man-po, merchant, re- Thursday next, February 2, anx year.

of scale will be worked out. Or siding at No. 253 Hennessy Road, lady who is interested in a talk

whether the assessment will remain to'be given by Rev. G. W. Shepherd News has been received of the (Adviser to the Generalisalmo on marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth Keen, the Kwelchow Provincial Govern- says, but to-day my own view is

Mr. Wu Ting-chang, Chairman of permanently empirical, one cannot The Now Life Movemmt) who will formerly on the staff of "Northment, returned to Kwelyang. the that the right attitude for courts speak on

China Daily News" and the United Press in Shanghai to Lieut. James provincial capital, from Yunnan on to take is that it is essentially a January 17. Mr.' Wu made a trip matter for the jury, under a W. Smith, US.N. The ceremony

"Madame Chiang Kai-shek and her work"

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Round About

The ferry boat from Hongkong came alongside the pier in Kow.

The meeting will be held in the took place on November 26 at Tha/by air to Chungking on Januar 3, direction of the judge, to decide loot. Suddenly there was a lurch

Cathedral Hall at 3.30 p.m., and

visitors may obtain tea at a cost!

Juana, Mexico.

of 40 centa Notice of intention'clated by the Committee.

to be present will be much appre- 20706.

Witch-Doctors Are Best

Detectives.

and left for Kunming in Yunnan the measure of the right which on Jandiary 13 to hold consultations the deceased person possessed." on Southwest reconstruction pro- Lords Justices MacKinnon and Phone blems, with General Lung Yunn, du Parcq agreed.

Chairman of the Yunnan Provin-

as the little vessel bumped. the dock. Passengers swayed on their feet, others lost balance for the

moment.

An elderly Chinese gentleman

clal Government, says a Chinese NEW CHINESE HIGH happened to be looking over the

report.

Two well-known residents, Mr.

SCHOOL

Faining a keen desire of Gen-

starboard side of the ferry when the ship contacted the pier. He tettered from one foot to the other Ng Ti Fook, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ng Lam Keng, of Kuala eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek and grabbing the deck rail for support the Minister of Education, China, with one hand, the other, going to Lumpur, and Miss Chin' Keng,

the opening of the Chung Cheng his mouth. A short gasp escaped daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chin Chinese High School, Singapore, from him as he leaned far over the Kui. also of Kuala Lumpur, were married at the Chinese Consu-augurs a new era in Strait, Chi-alde. Several passengers nearby turned to look at the man, humour late recently. The bridegroom is se educational annals.

The school was formed with a then sorrow appeared on their and Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, and two fold purpose, first to give the faces as they too leaned over the

Btrálts Chinese a school wherein side and looked lato the water. was attended by Mr. Ong Beng the medium of teaching will be The unfortunate gentleman bad vincial Commissioner, and magis- evildoer who cast spells," Mchuan, the Selangor State bad-Mandarin, the Ingua franca of lost a fine set of "teeth when the

"The finest detectives and policemen 1 have ever seen" is' how Mr. Frank Melland, newly appointed secretary of the Royal African Sodety, describes witch-doctors.

Mr. Melland, who spent 26 years | "Most" people in Britain seem to

in Northern Rhodesia as a Pro-think that the witch-doctor is an

on the staff of Mesars. John Little

trate, is a specialist on the subject Melland remarked. of witchcraft. In 1920 he was ap "Actually it is the reverse-theyminton player, as bent man. The modern China, thus enabling the bump of the ferry caught him with bride was attended by Misg Chan pointed by the British Government protect the natives against, expon-

went his teeth into the mother tongue, secondly to honour Down to defend Mwanalesa, a religious ents of witchcraft. They form the Gaik Teen, the Selangor woman local Chinese to learn their own his mouth open and off balance fanatic, who was accused of the finest Scotland Yard I have ever held at the Bukit Bintang Park shek. The school is situated on a possible way of rescue,

waters of the bay and there was no. A reception was China's head, Marshal Chiang Kai- murder by drowning of 200 natives. seen."-

hockey player.

after the ceremony.

hillock of Keng Yam Road.

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