Court granted a decree nisi, with costs to Mrs. Florinda Kingdon Ward, of Cleve Court, Streatley-on-Thames, Perks, against Capt. Francis Kingdon Ward, the explorer, who did not defend the suit. Mrs. Ward, who was married in 1923, was granted custody of the two children.
Her case was that Mr. Ward was constantly away on expeditions, and at present he was somewhere in China. "They had drifted apart since 1928. Last December her husband lost his note-case, in which was a letter signed. "Irene," "written in affectionate terms.
Evidence was given in support of the allegation of Mr. Ward's adultery at an hotel in Woolhampton, Perks.
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