Something over a week ago. at the annum: general meeting of the United Services Association, reference was made to the filthy condition of the Cenotaph. recent inspection clearly showed that something ought to be done about it. The itinerant vendors should be kept away {rom the steps, which would prevent the whole area being littered up with all sorts of refuse, the unseemly h utting on the balustrade should be removed. and precau' taken 2 the use of the place as a urinal, which y obviously been done. Some years ago a similar state affa noticed and remedial action applied now seems to have fallen off. That may have been clu the unprecedented condition of the Bund, since the outbreak of hostilities in this area, but it is suggested that th is long overdue re e th Shanghai of the very numbers of its sons ga respective coüntries dedicated, and sta only by remember:
In the circumstances that sczsething shou! conditions, suggested cars and loi also be stopped. If it is not possible to equate police protection of the Cenotaph, ts immediate surroundings, and in view of al the demands which are made upon the force that may be the case, then it ought not to be impossible to secure the services of dul appointed watchmen to do the work. Present conditions are a disgrace and cal fo the camp!
lest reformation. Iti tai "y not fitting that the city's principal m at, one representing what it does, should be allowed to continue im its present unfortunate sta "Punch" Was Right the past been e question of v Appeal T " Florence Annie Shentor leave to put certain questions to Mrs. Edith Lilian Tyler concerning an alleged secret trust made by the latter's husband, before he died leaving £70000, to pay Mrs. Shenton £2 a week during her lifetime. Mrs. T) that any such trust existed, and contended that by a rule of law a wife cannot be forced to disclose any communications made to her by her husband. That contention was rejected by the Court ich held that the rule did not apply when death ended marriage. The act words used by the Court of Appeal, the phrase "if a marriage comes to an and that has created considerable as to whether wives whose matriai ed can be obliged to reveal sect sted to them during marriage by thei bands. The view of legal words are ever e rital relation wives may be camp they could lawfully refri he careful man who tells h information will y not prove those who in softer moments have revealed secrets to their wives are not in quite so happy a position. The decision may have a far-reaching effect on marriage generally. and in one respect it rei forces the famous advice of "Punch" on the subject, for oh the best way for a to keep a secret is to take unto himself a spouse. On the other hand it might also make a man chary about seeking a divorce, if he h: burbled too freely i he one-time shell-like ear of the wife. If he has entrusted her with information which he would pot like h e, the best thing is to continue lest they seek to force her e knows. That that woul extend the charter of freedom possess is oh the advantage m which otherwise s now that he Court of Appeal has proved knew more than it said "o tersely m that occasion.
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