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Baby Coat Cost Four Guineas "EXTRAVAGANCE" SAYS JUDGE

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FOUR-GUINEA coat for a child, the nephew of an carl, was described as “extravagant" and "an expensive necessity" by Judge Dumas in Westminster County Court recently.

The judge was hearing an action by Mrs. Campbell Chads, of Folkestone, Kent, against her son-in-law, the Hon, E. M. Child- Villiers, brother of the Earl of Jersey.

Mrs. Chada claimed £32 108. trok no scent of the responsibilities 11d., the price of clothing sup- of life which he undertook.

lied to Mr. Child-Villiers's son"HAD TO AGREE"

John. The judge found for Mr. "At the some time, he was under Child-Villiers.

Mrs. Chuds

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with- pru-

after

age, and there is not much to be sald Mr. Gerald A. Thestger, for Mrs. for a lady who allows her daughter Chado, said that a suit by her daugh- to marry a man under nge, and then ter for the restitution of conjugal expects him to behave rights was now pending. (The weddence." ding was one of the social events of 1034; the couple parted last year.)

Mrs. Chads, in evidence, said that there was marriage settlement which gave the couple £1,000 a year. They have been hard up ever since they were married. They have too many curs," "HARD UP"

Mrs. Child-Villiers was asked by the judge why she did not pay her mother. "Because I was hard up," she replied.

After examining the 1st of clothes supplied, Judge Dumas commented: "It strikes me as rather extravagant for an infant child of people who were herd up. There is a cheelt coat at 4 of quincas und

pairs two knickers at £1 9s. Od. each." Mr. Boileau, for Mr. Child-Villiers, submitted that many at the goods supplied could not be called neces- silles,

"Four cardigans and five jerseys, at a time when the young couple could not live in their own house but hud to live with mother certainly do not appear to be necessities," snld

the rase: "I had to agree to their marriage. They had threa- tened to run away together un- less I did."

"That is true," agreed her daugh

Mrs. Child-Villers, a tail, slim ter brunette, smartly dressed in a trim grey costume, with a large fox fur over one shoulder, had agreed with the judge that her idea was that only the best was good enough for her child.

"I tell my sun ought to be dressed according to his statlon," she said.

Malayans In Divorce Suit

London.

How would you like it if somebody jumped a horse over your table 'when you held, say, four nces? Yet these cavalmen seem quite unconcerned at their game of cards as a fellow soldier takes the leap, during a horsemanship exhibition at Atlanta, Ga.

She Started Plan to Make the Duke

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TDEA for the world-wide campaign by The Friends of the Duke of Duke as Windsor to appoint the "Ambassador-at-Large for Demo-

from cracy and Peace" Englishwoman.

She is Miss Olive Murphy, North- end-roadho

Golders Green, a concert- singer, recently moved to Lon- Radon from Leeds.

"The idea came to me just after when I read an article

A Singapore ease was heard in the Divorce Court in London recently,

The petitioner was Herbert Law rence Kit, who was described now un leave from Singapore.

the

He asked for a divorce from his the Ab of Nations Journal lic wite. Thoda

Judge Dumas' comment on this at the end of the case was: "It is a lot ATC of nonsense to say that they necessities for a child who would be warmly clothed with one cardigan and one jersey.

Dismissing the claim, with costs, the judge said: "I think this case is

Margaret, on

ground of her adultery."

In the

"We need somebody to attrac! Mussolini people's attention from and Hitler. The Duke would be An- ideally fitted for the post of bassador-at-Large.

"I have not had time to devote to a London organisation. It is have we very small as yet, but

found that the man-in-the-street is

extremely interested.

Man Fights Leopard.

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London.

While the audience at the Empire chatted and "We hope to hold several meetings. Theatre. Edinburgh, in the near future."

laughed, waiting for a performance was to begini, a man and a leopard were When the "Friends" group launched on the Duke's birthday last struggling on the stage behind the June In New York with a dinner, the curtain. The leopard, Sultan, used Rev. Reisner, addressing the diners in an animal act. attacked its trainer, Josef Gatz. Stage hands drove it off "If England continues to reject as leopard and man rolled over and him let us invite him ever here. He over on the board. Gatz was taken would be a good man to put on the to hospital and his act was taken

lover by a Viennese girl. Wagner Labour Committee." Mrs. King and Brotchle

suggesting a world-famous gure might head a movement of all the LIVED IN LONDON It was alleged that Mrs. King bad peoples of the world for peace." committed adultery with the co-res-Miss Murphy said.

READY TO JUMP pondent. Kenneth Brutchle, with whom she left Singapore for England on August 31 Jast.

"I wrote to an American magazine. subse-suggesting the Duke should have the

job.

"They were very excited by Windsor in New York' was formed.

an attempt to get back at the hus-quently lived in a London flat, the band. It must not be taiten that I petitioner alleged. have any sympathy with him. He is

The Judge granted King a deeree an extravagant young waster who nisi with costs.

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THE House of Lords recently passed the Second Reading of a Bill which, in certain circumstances, will make blood tesis compulsory in cises of illegitimacy,

It was Lord Merthyr's BB1, and women magistrates, he made the

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He suggested that with blood tests, one out of every three accused men might have been exonerated. So he wanted selence to be allowed to come to the aid of the law.

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Lord Dawson of Penn spoke' of the man of position and wealth put up as "a stalking horse."

He admitted that the blood test could only be proved in 30 per cent. of non-poternity cases, but asked what injustice was there in that. He added that the Bill had the support of the scientific world.

Lord Ragton told of what he called "Actitious caso" in Cardif

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It would be an immense addition to the equipment of justice," he said, and he could not think of such a thing being rejected.

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