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The Bishop of Gloucester, Dr. Headlam, boldly defends himself In his Diocesan Magazine for Noveni- ber (pablished recently) against the attacks made on him by English Roman Catholics as a result of his remarks in the Presidential Address which he delivered to the recent Church Congress at Cheltenhamn,
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1928.
LETTER GOLF.
It's easy to SAIL a SHIP over a letter golf course, as to-day's, puzzle proves. Par is four,
SHI
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THRONE GIVEN UP FOR WIFE.
RAJAH AND LOVELY
AUSTRALIAN.-
New Delhi, Nov. 1. One of the most vexed ques- tions of Indian succession hag been decided by the appointment, announced to-day, of a new rulori in the State of Pudukota, Madras Presidency.
The Government of India has selected Rajah Gopala Tondaiman to pucceed to the gudl (throne) of the State. The new Rajah, who is a minor, belongs to the branch of the Tondalman family, repre- sorted by the descendants of Tirumalai Raya Tondalman.
Ho will be remembered as the ruler who gave up his throne for his wife, a lovely Australian wo- man named Miss Molly Fink,
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The Rajah of Pudutoka died in 1-The Idea of letter golf is to the American Hospital in Paris He added that it was well known change one word to another and in May last at the age of 62.
and given that there were many of them in all do it in par, a countries who were dissatisfied, strokes. Thus to change COW to "with the tyranny of the Italian Hen, in three strokes, COW, Curin and the intolerant attitude it HOW HEW HEN. adopts towards modern thought," 2-You can change only one and that the Malines Conversationsletter at time.
You must have a complete were evidence that there were Ro- man Catholics who would be glad word, of common usage, for each to confer with the Aglican Church.jump. Slang words and abbrevia
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One solution is printed on an Roman Church with the most vio-other page. lent criticism. In fact, I have seldom read anything more bitter. than the denunciations of the Church of England and myself The tyranny of the Curia is getting which I have seen in some Romaneut of all bounds and fast approach- Catholic periodicals lately. I am ing that of the Curia in the days afraid that such unrestrained critic of Avignon and the Middle Ages ism only convinces me of the truth of what I have said, and I have a good deal more testimony of the truth of my remarks.
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Dr. Headlam adds that he had considerable evidence of grent dis-Ranee. satisfaction felt-in Germany at the refusal to allow any Roman Cathelle to contribute to the periodical "Una Sancta" and to the refusal to take part in the conference of Lusanne. "I do not feel that there was hny- thing in my criticism which was not perfectly true," he concludes, "nor that I said anything in it in an of- fensive way. We regret. very much that the aspirations after Christian unity which we have come across in
The Tondaiman dynasty has: many places in the Roman Catholic Church should be so vigorously sup-ruled the State of Pudukota since
A son was born in 1916, and the were heart- mother and father broken when told by the Govern- PASSENGER SERVICE ment of India that a son, not of pure blood, could not be allowed to succeed.
"With reference to your remarks made at the recent Church Congress upon the tyranny of the Roman Curia, or rather, as you more 'hptly call it, the Italian Curln, I write to say that I as a born and baptised member of the Roman Church, am in full accord with what you said, I pressed."
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