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Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 3, 1940.

DIVORCE JUDGE SAYS H.K. STREET-SLEEPER SHELTER

ARTIST'S CONDUCT

WAS

BASE

MRS. ANAIS BROCKHURST, of Rye, Sussex, wife

of Mr. Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, the Royal Academician, was granted a decree nisi, with costs, in the Divorce Court recently.

She made charges of adultery with two women, and named her sister, Marguerite Folin, who is now married, and Dorette Woodward, who sat for Mr. Brockhurst as a model.

disbelieve

that Mrs. Brockhurst accepted that position at all," said Mr. Justice Hodson.

In respect of Miss Folin, Mr. entirely Brockhurst, alleged connivance and condonation.

So far as her sister was concerned. Mr. Brockhurst, who is in America, the Judge continued, Mr. Brockhurst put in any answer charging his wife was caught with her by the wife, in with adultery and cited Max Leune, 1922. She forgave him on his pro- Jacques Leon and James George mise that nothing of the sort should Robins, but it, was stated that no

occur again. evidence could be offered in respect of the first and second men.

Mrs. Brockhurst, Mr. Lean and Mr. Robins denied adultery..

in

"It is not until much later-1030 jor. 1931--that he appears to have tried to get rid of his wife, who had helped him in the past, in order that. he might be free to consort with the mistress with whom he subse- quently lived for some, years,"

Mr. Justice Hodson said he did use any extravagant

not want to

A Premier's Son Is Missing

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FLIGHT Lieut. ILT. Cosgrove,

of the Promler of Tasmania, is reported missing after taking part in the raid on Sylt,

L

Ho went to London to enlist: BD01 after hia twentieth birthday two

years ago.

Tasmania's Premier, 'Mr. R. Cosgrove, has been in office for only four months.

Code Message

Splendid work continues to be performed by the Hongkong Street Shelters, particularly as the Colony has now absorbed so many refugees. This photograph, specially taken for the

the destitute Chinese.—Mee Cheung,

Was Just Nuts Telegraph" indicates the popularity of these shelters-among-

"Nuts to Devonport. I want to refain the Navy.”

vealed in the Guernsey Court when

Husband And Her Sister The case for Mrs. Brocichurst was that in 1922 she made a discovery regarding her” hitzkand's-relations with her sister. From 1930 onwards language about the charge of conní- Mrs. Brockhurst lived in Dlepp vance which "this man" had thought

A MAN went into 43 telephone where her husband visited her. Hi visits became less frequent, and fit to make against his wife in respect box at Devonport, rang up the Naval authorities, sald, "I am A 53," and consequence of what she learned she of the adultery with her sister.

"Vile Accusation"

then proceeded to dictate a message now alleged that he and Miss Wood- The R.A.F. Sergeants. Mess,

"I think," he went on, "that it was in code, ward had committed adultery at na addiess at Fernshaw Road, Chelsen, a vile accusation to make, and it is The oficials at the barracks sat Kai Tak, are not responsible for

On behalf of Mr. Broekhurst-it-was-revolting-to-think-that-a-man-should-up and took notice.. They_decoded debts

then Incurred through their alleged that his wife and Robins, stoop to such a depth of cowardice the message, and

gasped. It Compradore LAU KAM TONG. committed misconduct At Queens- and baseness as not only to make a suid:--

berry Place, S.W.

churge of that kind but to fail to counsel for Mr. withdraw it or support it by evidence Mr. M. Share.

the trial. Robins, said he was engaged on most at Important Government work, and "There is not a shadow of evidence

That, at least, Was part of the was not available to come to court in rely accept whint Mrs. Bruckhurst

of the allegation, and

message; the rest of it was not re- thut day, but Mr. Justice Hodson entirely refused in adjournment.

hays about that matter.

John Arthur Pendril Jones, No evidence had been tendered forty-one, appeared on a charge in Her Charges Proved against Mr. Leon, and Mrs. Brock-connection with the message. Granting Mrs. Brockhurst a decree hurst had denled adultery. A charge nist, and dismissing Mr. Leon and of adultery, was still being main- Jones, who lives in Doyle-road, Mr. Robins front the sult, with costs, tained in respect of Mr. Robins, but Guernser, was charged with obtain- the judge said that in her original he did not And that adultery proved. ing board and lodging by fraud, and petition, filed in 1937, Mrs. Brock-.

Brockhurst's

# sending coded 'phone message hurst asked for the discretion of the association with

with Mr. Ho Court to be excruised in her favour judge said that in 1837 she came to In respect of her adultery with one this country for a little while. She was contemplating divorce, was in Mr. Brockhurst, who had not opneed of money and borrowed some peared in Court to give evidence, from Mr. Robins, who, with his wife hud never abandoned any of the and sister, were old friends. charges made in his answer.

He had no reason to doubt that Brockhurst was telling the Mr. Brockhurst was a man who] Mrs.

had not told his wife quite plainly that as an truth when she said she artist, he did not think he should be committed adultery with Mr. Robins. He exerenad his discretion In subject to restraint in sexual matters.

He considered he was free--or favour of Mrs. Erockhurst in respect ought to be free-to do as he 1ked, of her adultery with the man Leune. landlady.

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A parcel of 19 Guernsey eggs recently started on a 7,000-mile journey-to-Bang- kok, Thai (Slam).

They are being sent as a birthday present to friends by Colonel Eric Lawson, of Saints, Guernsey, He bought the eggs for 4s. 6d. but the freightage is costing over £7.

aged

Dealing with Mrs. Robins, the knowing that it would interfere with

the duties of the authorities at De- vonpori.

He was remanded in custody for medical examination.

"What docs Nuts to Devonport mean?" asked the magistrate.

That's code, sir." replied Jones, " polite way of addressing the Navy, I was in the last war, and I want to get back." The fraud charge, it was stated related to Jones failing to pay his

Fingers Of Navy Felt For Sunk U--Boat

The

Hongkong Telegraph Tenth Annual Amateur Photographic Competition

June-September, 1940.

Two Silver Trophies

Awarded

by ILFORD LTD.

For the best and second-bost entries.

Four Silver Trophies

Awarded

by EASTMAN KODAK CO.

First Prizes in each of the four Sections."

$250 CASH PRIZES $250

SECTION ONE

General Pictorial: Land and Seascapes. Architecture: Street Scenes, etc.

-IIOW-mechanical-fingers-groping beneath the surface of the 1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20, 4th, $12.50.

sea started a naval.chase and destruction of a U-boat which had attacked ships in convoy in the Atlantic was revealed recently.

The thrilling story is told by an eye-witness on a British. destroyer.

"A flutter of excitement passed through our ship when we heard by wireless that a neutral steamer had been torpedoed and sunk, and later that the submarine herself was being attacked," he states.

SECTION TWO

Portraits: Informal Close-ups: Human Studies. 1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50. SECTION THREE

Still Life and Table Top Studies. firing was only intermittent. Then 1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50.

"We steamed at high speed to- because of the patches of mist, so wards the position indicated.

"An escort vessel was in company the U-boat disappeared altogether. with a convoy. The weather was "But the escort vessel, steaming on, haży, and at daylight three ships of saw five men struggling in the water,

WRECKER the convoy had lost touch with the so throw a Carley Boat overboard.

others and a neutral steamer in the convoy was torpedoed..

WRECKED The Croping Fingers

"The explosion was seen and heard) CLAUS ERNECKE, pro-Nazi by the escort vessel, which at once leader, living in New York, went on to full speed and altered wanted to overthrow the United course for the position of the sub-

But ho States Government. overthrew himself instead.

He was found dead in a cellor. He had hanged hipself after fixing a noose and kicking away, the box he stood ол.

marine.--...

"Then she sighted another object. which was at first taken to be the ́U-kil's conning tower' She was about to attack it, when the mist cleared and the object was seen to be a raft with a large number of men clinging to it.

"The survivors were rescued from the raft, while a destroyer picked up float. Carley "After a few minutes definite the others from the

man every

of

the contact was obtained with the They saved

captain, asdic. that wonderful Instrument U-bont's crew except the which has been referred to as im- who had either elected to go down palpable fingers groping beneath with his ship, or had been too late

In escaping."

An announcement on the German

the surface of the sea, "Presently, dead ahead, those in

The Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Quo Tal-chi, visited the Foreign Office Ernecke was one of, 17 defendants this afternoon and it is understood in an alleged conspiracy by the that he expressed to Mr. R. A. But-"Christian Front" to end the Govern- it was in sight for a moment or two eunk by a U-boat with the loss of all

the Parliamentary Under-Secrement.

He had failed to attend the court tury for Foreign Affairs, the Chinese

over the re-for trial. Government's concern

A German citizen, he had taken current Anglo-Japanese negotiations for a trade agreement.

out his first naturalisation papers, and had been prominent as a pro-Ilitiertte Replying to an inquiry made by and anti-Jewish agitator. „June 4, 5.00 pm | the United Press, a British spokes-

The "Christian Front" is a Fascist June 4, 6.30 p.m. man denied that Britain Intends to organisation which claims up to G. P. O.

guarantee oll supplies to Japan, and

1,000,000 members. Juma 4, 5.00 pm. intimated that oil is not entering the

June 4, 7.09 discussions. Wednesday, June 5

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10.30a.m.

The men on trial are charged with planning to selas firearms and muni-

the escort vessel sighted a periscope, wireless by "Lord Haw-Haw" that the British tanker El Ciervo had been then dipped, then reappeared and re- mained in sight for at least twenty- five seconds, and only 150 yards the tanker's crew. ahead.

"The U-boat seemed to be offer-

ptaie, ing herself up on.a

and appears to have been almost in- credibly careless. Her captain was

hands caused great hilarity among

For as they listened to it they had reason to believe they had sunk the U-boat in a running fight off Trinidad.

The submarine disappeared after

so intent on Inspecting the ship sixteen rounds had been, fired at her he'd torpedoed that he seemed un- from the tanker's gun, they stated in vessel's pre-an interview at Halifax, Nova Scotia. aware of the escort

perice.

"In less then a minute the

escort! Ilowever, the conversations en- tions,

Many of them are of Irish or Ger- vessel was over the spot, and started 12.30 p.m. visage the allotment to Japan of a Shanghai

3.00 pm. specific quota of Dutch East Indies man descent. They are said to have to let go her depth charges. Two Halphong Manila, Australia and New Zealand and Malayan rubber and tin exports. plotted to blow up power stations, large air bubbles came to the sur- It is believed that the arrangements telegraph and telephone stations, via Thursday Island,

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will also include Empire wool to docks, and railways. Japan.

In return, it is expected that 4.00 p.m. Jopan will cease exporting or re-

3.00 p.m.

exporting strategic raw materials to

5.30 pm. Cerman through Dairen and Vladi Man Signed 1,000

.4.00 pan.

vostok,

.5.00 p.m. Although British and Chinese offi-

.7.00 p.m. cials are relicent regarding Mr. Quo

Death Sentences,

face, but there were no signs of the

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U-boat.

"A little later the escort voasel

A girl of fifteen ordered to an again got contact with her asdic, and dropped more depth charges, Menn-Approved school by Middlesbrough Juvenile Court, was slated by the while, two British deatroyers and pollce to have been keeping company French destroyer arrived.

with a man-'row in gaol,

Detective-OMeer Fairinmh said he knew the mon had frequently visited

Plano Joins The Hunt

Alleges Franco "Then the escort vessel suddenly the girl at her home in the early

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Parcels Rea Air Mail for Indo-China, Iran, and Tai-chi's representations to Mr. But- France (Paris and Northern Frer to-day, it is recalled that Britain vinces only) by the "Air France is committed by the League ol Thirteen members of the alleged Aleways Direet_Service".

Nations resolution which declared Anarchist organisation which func that members would do nothing to tioned in Madrid during the Spanish wenken the Chinese resistance Civil War appeared before a milliary ugninat Jopan M

court in Madrid recently.

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Amoy and Shanghai Straits

11.olso recolind sat the Briting An official announcement alleger Government has repeatedly declared 20,000 executions. One member is that her For Eantern policy adheres accused of signing 1,000 death sen- to parallelism with the United States, tences on Franco adherents,

United Press,

sighted a submarine on the surface hours of the morning.

The girl was found guilty of re- at a range of about two miles. She opened fro with her guns, and so coiving stolen goods. There were. two charges, concerning a thirty- did the Frenchman.

"A flying-boat then joined in the eight-guinen fur coat, two other coats search, sighting the U-boat on the and a dress wurface with several men on deck. A statement alleged to have been The aircraft dropped a bomb which made by the girl said the man gave fell within 2013, he isa target..

her the clothes,hed VILKE

From the ships the submarine,| long and low, "was difficult to 140

The man had denied it and later the girl

*blamed - another, man.

SECTION FOUR (Craftsmen's Section)

The whole of the work entalled in the production of every entry must have been done by the competitors who Each will be required to make a declaration to this offect.

entry must have pasted on the back a special entry form obtainable on application from The Hongkong Telegraph or from the Hon. Secretary, Hongkong Photographic Society. Subjects at the discretion of competitors.

1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20, 4th. $12.50.

RULES

The following Rules will govern the Competition:

1The Competition is confined ́ex- photo- to amateur: clusively grapliers, 2-No employes or member of any firm in the photographic trade is permitted to compete,

3- prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are judged to be the best photo- graphs in each. Section. Each entry must be accompanied by a form which will be published during the period of the Com

must be poillion, and which pasted on back of entry. The right to publish any or all of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph.KAR A photographs entered must have been taken in the Colony of longkang. Photograph which have been

entered in are ineligible. other Comp ready d-to responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of lam of, or damage to entries.

SECTION

NAME

ADDRESS

All entries to be either black, kad murt sepin. or toned.

be mounted. #cture photo-

graphs are ineligible. (A SMA -Pictures submitted in sepia tones should be accompanied by a smaller print in black and, white. D-No picture is entered in more

than one Section......... 18-Mounts to be only white or cream. must be of one of the following alzes: 10x12.10×20, ty

11 No correspondenes will be enlared into in connection with the Com- petition.

12-Members of the Staffs of the.

Tongtong Telegraph and tha South China Morning Post are not permitted to compete.

...

13-The declilon of the Judged shall.

bo final. At the conclusion of the Com- petition, entries will be returned to competitors on application st the Telegraph offices within seven days.

ENTRY FORM

Piensa une block letters and paste this on back of each Entry in Sections 1, 2 and