Tue hearing of the divorce case, Halsall v. Halsall, in the Supreme Court at Tientsin has been opened before His Honour Judge Peter grain. In this case Mrs. Halsall, of Peking, petitions for divorce from her husband, Captain Halsall, late of the Canadian Army, on the ground of adultery and desertion. Mr. Evans appeared for the petitioner. The respondent did not appear and was not represented. Mrs. Halsall who is at ~present employed in Peking as a stenographer came out to the Far East for the purpose of claiming her husband. Giving evidence, she said her husband was born at Man-.hester and went to Canada about the age of 20. She married him in 1909 when he was aged 31. He had a ranch in Canada, and other business, and was the owner of city blocks in Oran-brook, British Columbia. He enlisted in the Canadian forces in the war, and was sent to Vladivostok, where she ultimately' found him living with a Russian woman. He had left the army and was employed at one time with the Red Cross famine relief establishment at Techow, Shantung. Evidence" on the question of domicile, including the, statement that the respondent had leased a house in Tientsin, was given, and the case was adjourned for further hearing.
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