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Gretna Green
Out Of Date
It the Marriage (Scotland) Bul introduced in the House of Lords recently on behalf of the Govern ment becomes law, one more link with romantic tradition will be finally severed.
Those marriages across the any of the Gretna Green smithy, which, have figured' so much in pletare "and story, are to become on with Nineveh and Tyre; and a new form of regular marriage. In the office of a registrar of births, deaths and marriages "daly authorised for the purpose," is to leave no place for ceremony in the forge on the border.
That Gretna Green marriages should have survived so long is a matter of surprise, for they were an evasion of the formalities and precaution with which s well- ordered society properly surrounds the contract of marriage. Fiction delights to represent Gretna Green as the refuge of persecuted lovers. flying from an unreasonable ban.
But the runaway match is out- moded to-day when the obduracy of parents and guardians can be! overcome by an application to a police magistrate. The modern method is both easier and cheaper.
YORKSHIREMEN HOLD MEETING
Satisfactory Year Reported
AT THE VALLEY RACES
A section of the crowd which attended the 1th Extra Race meeting at Happy Valley. (Photo by Lelcx).
W
SOCIAL
The Queen In
A Crinoline
The
Queen wore
crinoline
when she and the King gave a State banquet to King Carol at Buckingham Palace.
Her Pompadour dress had the crinöline skirt covered with bands of silver Valenciennes ince-mount- ed on tulle.
The lace Was re-embroidered with paillettes and diamante. A shoulder cape added another grace- ful touch to the gown. With it the Queen wore a tiara, necklace and bracelets, all of magnificent diamonds.
WIFE'S FIGHT AGAINST CURSE /
OF PEACOCK IS IN VAIN
Wandering along the lanes near his home at Broughton Astley. lovely Leicestershire village, a little boy saw a peacock strutting the lawns of a country house,
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He remembered its dazzling colours, and, as he went on his way decided he would tell his mother all about "the fancy bird.”
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But when he got home that night the peacock was driven from his mind...
His sister had been attacked in, ang on a stone slab over a well at
the village street by a man. She his home.
was dead.
He slipped and fell on into Years went by and James Henry water. For two hours he strugaled Haines was a sturdy youth. One and shouted for help. Then be day he saw a peacock, as he went was lifted out-badly hurt. to work.
At Haines's home there was a There was an accident in the lampshade decorated with factory and he lost two fingers. cocks. Mrs. Haines had had it a ~Ag" the doctor tended tiim Jantes | lông- Lme, but the cu.se was too eighth annual general had a boyhood vision of a peacock strong. meeting of the Society of York- shutting the lawn of a country shiremen in Hongkong was held house.
The
in the Jacobean Room of the Last February James Haines,! Hongkong Hotel last night when Mr. J. D. Danby presided
The Report and Statement of Accounts for the past year were passed unanimously. à satisfactory year being shown,
Str Vandeleur Grayburn Was clected as President for the en- suing year and Mr. E. C. Fredericks was elected as Vice-President.
Neighbours were
pea-
worrying
her. "Jim will never be safe while them birds are about,” they said.
now a married man, saw a brightly plumed bird in the distance. In- She got a hammer, smashed the voluntarily he covered his eyes lampshade to bits. Then Then laughed as he told himself sighed with zeller and got he was too old for superstitious with the cooking of her husband's
nonsense.
The next morning the local newspaper reported a curious accident.
A
James Henry
Haines,
of
The following were elected to Broughton "Astley, had been stand- serve on the Committee for
the ensuing year:-Hon. Secre- tary:
Mr. A. R. Brown. Hon. Treasurer Mr. J. H. Shaw: Com. littce Members:-Messrs. J. H. Bottomley. J. D. Danby, A. L Fisher, A. L. McKinley. H. H Mundy and C. Roberts.
February 24 was fixed as
Round About
Minging with a small group
of coolies were a few Europeahs.
the all watching intensely two young
dute for the Annual Cabaret scamen, a bit worse for the wear
Dinner Dance.
£60 BRITISH HUSBANDS FOR GERMANS
A secret marriage bureau run in London to provide Bri- tish nationality for wealthy German women refugees has been discovered by Scotland Yard.
Because of the discovery, Albert
of an evening's outing
The pier in Kowloon was prac- tically deserted except for this emall group and one or two other humans passing along to board the ship tied up there.
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One young seaman was slowly engaged in removing his shoes, coat and tile, which he handed to his friend's keeping.
Turning a bit unsteadily, he eyes the people about him. Then he glances up at the prow, of the, large steamer and the holding- ropes by which he is standing.
William Fordham was sentenced Slowly he turns and grasps the
Soon he is band
Over
at the Old Bailey recently to four line with his hands. months' imprisonment for biga-pulling himself up mously marrying a German Jewess, hand. Turning his head he looks Agents of the bureau have been down at the people standing in approaching Labourers, lorry dri-breathless silence watching his vers and unemployed men, offering ascent Steadying himself, he large sums of money to persuade rises to his feet: then waving his them to marry German' women,
body from side to side for balance
teaching the
The organisation is centred in succeeds
in
rat
an office in High Holborn, W.C., guard near the top of the line. where "bridegrooms" go in their The onlookers heave a sigh of re- shabby clothes to be interviewed Ilef and shake their heads.
by a dapper German.
The fee offered is usually £60 and expenses, Including B new suit for the ceremony. One stipulation is made the bridegroom must sign a pledge not
Gaining the security of the deck the seaman calls to his friend on the pier: "Pass 'round the hat, Joe, and see that it is enough for Manila.""
to approach the bride after the Several dollar bills fluttered into ceremony.
a battered hat.
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Judge, In Remorse, Flew To Wife To Ease His Mind'
Sir Joseph Sheridan, president of, take the ner Mantola, in which the East African Appeal Court, his wife salled. told at the inquest recently on Mr. "He saw his wife and his mind Gordon Knight-Bruce, acting Chief was apparently eased.” Justice of Tanganyika, how Mr.
LOCKED' BEDROOM Knight-Bruce failed to get up on Sir Joseph, who was the guest of the morning of November 4 to say Mr. Knight. Bruce, found him dead Carewell to his wife as she sailed in his bedroom two days later. A from Dar-es-Balaam on the way rifle was beside him.
to England. He regarded that: In his evidence Sir Joseph'said said Sir Joseph, as an “unpardon- he was troubled by. Mr. Knight- able omission."
Bruce's health, added: "He often Added Sir Joseph: He was in- took on a blank look of uneasy clined to blame himself extrava- ¦ despair, gantly.
"The two nights before the "He asked my advice and con-tragedy he locked his bedroom sequently new to Zanzibar to over-door."
tea.
The meal was uneaten.
she
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James Henry Haines was killed in a collision with a beer lorry, as he cycled home that night.
AT THE RACES
A race-goer snapped at Happy. Valley. (Photo by Lelca).
TUESDAY'S MENU
BREAKFAST
Figs and Cream Cereal French Toast
Bausages Honey Солее
LUNCHEON
Clam Choirder
Potato Salad
Celery Hearts
Sweet Pickles Baked Stuffed Lobster Cauliflo-ver au Gratin
Hot Cheese Sticks.
Lemon Sherbet Nutmeg Cake
Ten DINNER
King Carol sat at the head
of a big horse-shoe table in one of the white and gold Stale rooms on the Arst floor, !
The King in the uniform of Ad- miral of the Fleet was on his left and the Queen on his right.
The King conferred the Knighthood of the Garter on King Carol and the G.C V.O. on Crown Prince Michael. of the Royal Family, the Prime Queen Mary-and other members
Minister and Mrs. Chamberlain, and many members of the Cabinet were among the 160 guests. Mr. Attlee. Opposition leader, and Mr. Pirow, South African Defence Minister, were also there.
King Carul's son, Crown Prince' with the Princess Royal beside him. Michael, sat next to the Queen There were fifteen foreign Ambas-
endors present.
DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR
Visit To England
In February
meeting between the Duke and It is reported that following the
Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Parts, plans are being made for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to visit England...
They propoke to pay a short visit in the New Year, probably in February.
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Peeresses Cannot Hire Tiaras
Peeresses, trying to hire tiaras for the State opening of Parlia ment-lara-hiring is an old cus- The marriage was performed tom among the nobility-found at the Registry yesterday by the that they could not. Jewellers Deputy Registrar of Marriages, Mr. have stopped the practice of hir- T. J. Gould, between Mr. Perun-ing out these jewelled head-dres- kolan Ananta Krishna, and Miss singa.
Platonovna
IL
Elsabeth
Kuptsova, At these State functions-cor- Witnesses of the ceremony were onations, courts, and so on--there Messrs. C. F. Livesey and T. A are never enough private tiaras to Cader.
Newsettes
go round. Some have been lost or the nobility may have sold them. Others
are thought not good enough. New Peeresses may have neglected to get theira
But when this time the Peereases Father E Gherzi, S.J., director went to the jewellers who were Of the Siccawei Observatory, accustomed to do the lending, the returned to his post last week jewellers pointed to a framed let- after several months abroad. ter hanging in their shop from their association of reta'l Jewellers.
Mr. H. E. Morriss, well-known race horse owner and proprietor of the North China Daily News," is at present in Shanghai,
Mr. J. Jansen, manager of the Asiatle Petroleum Company in Hanoi is due by Air France plane on Thursday.
The letter announced that the lending of tiaras and other orna- ments had been discontinued. The head of a Bond Street firm of jewellers explained the reason to a correspondent,
NOT GOOD BUSINESS ·. "This rule was made,” he said, "for two reasons. First, lending tiaras was not good business. The Arriving on the Empress of borrowers could often afford to Canada this week is. Mr. J. N. buy instead of borrow.one. Bates, of the Asiatic Petroleum Secondly, a hired tiara, on being Company in Shanghai,
returned to the shop, was able to be recognised by a potential Bishop Johann, of the Shanghai purchaser as having been worn by Russian Orthodox Church, return-some other Peereas on a State ed to Shanghai last week after occasion attending the world Orthodox.con- Terence in Belgrade recently.
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"This must be a second-händ one, she would say. I saw Lady Bo-and-Bo wearing it a few days The arrangement whereby the ago Bo the rule against any SA. Lee Hong was to have been farther, lending was made in our towed into Tolo Harbour by a des own defence.”
troyer for loading of refugee ma- The result was that Peeresses terials for Canton will not now be without taras, who had been lucky carried out.
in the ballot for invitations to the (opening of Parliament, were in- Lady Northcote has consented to quiring among their antavited distribute certificates on Speech Peeress friends or relatives, beg- Day, Baturday, December 10, at the ging, the loan of spare tiaran. Heep Yunn School, Kowloon City. Tea will be served at 3.36 pm, and
ITALIAN WEDDING the ceremony starte half an hour later.
Baragossa, Nov. 28.
The wedding took place bere Mr. L N. Linnell, who has been yesterday between the daughter of succeeded as US. Consul-General General Kindelan, Chief of the at Canton by Mr. Merle 8. Myers, National Spanish. Air Force, and arrived in Hongkong yesterday' in the Italian, Colonel Andrea Zoppl, the U.S.B. Mindanao. Among those Commandant of â National who arrived at the same time, were Spanish air squadran. The guests Dr. J. M. Henry, Provost of Ling- included many high National University, and several Spanish and other officers →→→ American missionaries.
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