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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12670, 18 June 1919, Page 1

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LO'XJJON', June - JO. Madge luheudgc has been granted a t 1 divorce, on the grounds of imsconducir-v -i i ' and dcsbitum. £ The “ Times's ' Pekin correspondent®''aajs that the Cninesc Oo'/ommout' ta reduced U> e.\licmo financial, ijtraits.i' The Northern Army, which is* largely e composed of professional. brigands/ sislently demands money, under, th/ threat oi mutiny. Supplies'’ from' , Japap have ceased, and ' frantic/", schemes arc afoot for raising r tho wind, including an intomitlUt* loan and highland tax. Meanwhile Ih<w r / Shantung commotion is becoming > in* tensified, and the boycott of tlio- Japan-'S- w esc is extending. The whole outlook’in Clriua is exceedingly complex and im-. - solvable internally. An altornatavo/io a general collapse, failing ■■■aitnod'*in-4'*' tervention, is collective: preventive'.Vvij action by tlio foieign Poweis. * IJ ,. , i! c , ,^4’5 * JV f ~ '& r 3? /■tilt 'i-v Y*' / t'K AC , i EAILIVAY ACCrDE'N'T.-, - ’-;;VA,'3 ■ .1: A man named Woods was . admitted to the 'Hospital this afternoon. 1 > ■i * r -a»J was working in the raihvay > yard, mid was caught holween bones were biokcn thought that ids 5 ;.. r ; f I’. ■ f ■ ;1 '. I; * ' '