OCEAN
BLUE RIBAND
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1935.
ANGLICAN CHURCH AND
the "Blue Riband of the Atlantic"
The famous trophy accompanying is in the possession of the French liner "Normandie". The trophy wan recently on display in London.
GREEK INCOME FOR GEORGE II TO BE SMALL
£10,000 YEARLY ESTIMATED BUT ESTATES MAY SWELL SUM
Athens, Nov. 25. *ING ΚΙ GEORGE of
Greece will receive an annual income of ten million drachmas (about £10,000) from the mo- ment he steps on his throne to-day.
According to reports here this is the sum that will satisfy him. And he will not even ask for any arrears that might be due since his abdication 12 years ago, or
DIVORCES
BISHOP ON "REVOLTING INCREASE"
PRIMATE AND DEMAND FOR
MORE LEGAL GROUNDS
"The increase of adultery and the breaking of mar. riage vows are of far greater danger to our national safety than bombing from the air," said Canon S. Bicker- steth, Vice-Dean of Canterbury, at Canterbury Diocesan, Conference, during a recent discussion on the question of the Church and marriage.
The Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. St. Clair Donaldson, chairman of the joint committee of the Convocations of Canterbury and York which had investigated the question, described it as one of the most serious problems of the present time. A lead from the Church was overdue.
The ever-increasing rate of collusion in divorco cases and divorce, he said, was revolting asked whether something more against their consciences and than one net of adultory proved common sense. More people were by "one scrap of paper" could not becoming determined to get rid be required before divorce was
of their partners and were evading the law by collusion and perjury-and that, forsooth, was being called "behaving like a.gentleman."
The Church must attempt to 'see to it that the marriages of divorced people did not take place in churches.
A second task was to try to: teach mankind to strive for the ideal of married life as a life-l long bond. By withholding the for a time, it should work towards Communion Service from divorcees
that object.
Guidance To State
granted.
The Archbishop of Canter- bury (Dr. Lang) agreed that marriages of people who had spouses living should not take place in churches. The proper place for such marriages was in_the register office.
The question of communion for divorcees would receive consideration by the Church authorities in a fair manner, and equity would be exercised.
The time had come, he said, Parliament to resist the growing when it was almost impossible for
public demand for some extension of the presumably legal grounds for divorce. The proposals, must by considered on their merits.
Canon F.N. Heazell, a member of the joint committee, said that far too many
young people had come to look on matrimony 19 The Hon. Mrs. Hardcastle, little more than an interesting ex- president of the Diocesan Mothers' periment which could easily be Union, spoke of the problem of remedied.
It was bad for a nation to have lax marriage laws, and the Church should give guidance to the Stato on that matter,
for any income from the former In America, Too
royal estates now the property of Greek refugees and pensente.
At the same time a large part of the estates not occupied by the re fugees and peasants are likely to be returned to the royal house, thus considerably augmenting George's annual income,
Among them, and probably the richest, is the Tatol estate of roughly 125,000 acres, in which there are forests, pastures, orch. ards and vineyards. Only one small part of this is a refugee Huge Estato Included
settlement.
The estate was bought by King George 1, in 1880, and was the summer residence of the royal
family. On a hill stands the small
plain tomb of King Alexandros who died from blood poisoning caused by the bite of his pet mon- key.
One of the first moves of the Royalists for George's return was to get parliamentary ap proval for the transfer of the bodies of King Constantine, Queen Sophie, and the Dow- ager Queen Olga, from the Russian church in Florence, Italy, to the tomb at Tatoi
2,000 PER CENT: INCREASE
IN DIVORCE ALARMS
SOCIAL
U. S.
LEADERS
New York, Nov. 15. Proposals for a new department of the State Govern- ment-of-New-York,-to-be-called the "Department-of- Marriage and Family," to stem the increase of 2,000 per cent. in divorce cases, are being considered by the Governor, Mr. Herbert Lehman.
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The idea is that of a committee of prominent clergymen, educationists, and social service officials.
Dr. Sidney Goldstein, one of the principal advocates of the plan, to-day stressed the seriousness of what he termed the "breakdown of marriage and family life in Amerien."
"In 1867," he said, "ten thousand divorces were granted in this country. In 1929 the total reached 201,000. In 1870 there was one divorce for every thirty-three marriages. In 1934 there was one for every five.
"Consultation Centres"
"Our programme would include the revision of the marriage law, reform of its administration, the organisation of courses of pre- paration for marriage, the establishment of consultation centres,
· FLIGHT OVER ANTARCTIC
Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, the famous American, aviator, who is re ported missing in a survey flight over the Antarctic continent and back, a distance of 2,000 miles. These photographs, were taken dur ing a recent trial flight in Los Angeles of his low-wing monoplane, specially built for the Antarctic flight. Top: Mr. Ellsworth (left) and Mr. Bernt Balchen, his pilot in the cockpit of the plane. Mr. Balchen How over the South Pole with Admiral Byrd. Lower: The machine in flight.
Film Star's Mother Seeks £100,000 Libel Damages
SEQUEL TO MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Los Angeles, Nov. 15.
Libel damages totalling £100,000 are demanded by Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, mother of the film star, Mary Miles Minter, in an action against a New York firm of brokers.
AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS HELPING HAUPTMANN
Trenton, Nov. 20. Autograph hunters are, help- ing Bruno. Richard Hauptmann finance his appeal to the United.
States Supreme Court.
Many mall cheques have been received for the defence fund, attorneys revealed, and each must be signed by Haupt- mann. They will provide suf- ficient money to meet expensea of preparing the appeal to the high court, the defence counsel naid..
This Dog Plays
and the development of research into the effect of sovint conditions The Piano
on marriage and family life."
Corfu Land In Litigation On the Island of Corfu TA another royal estar surrounding the Palace "Mon Repos," The estate measures about 625 neres. King George I left it in his will to. Prince Andrew, who, when it was confiscated on George Ira abdications on which married life rest are not correct. tion, started a law suit for its re- turn. The suit is still before tho Greek courts.
Thirty-six per cent. of marringes are dissolved in the first four years. The breakdown is attributed to
the
The estate of Manolas in north-eastern Peloponnesus, was once the property of Crown Prince Constantine. It measures about 500 acres and is entirely occupied by refugees and peasants.
1. Young people who were unsuited, and should not have married. 2. The biological, psychological, ethical and economic founda-
3. A young couple cannot cope with the problems brought about by marriage.
4. They lack the counsel of experienced men and women during the critical years.
There is also the Monodendri{ estate in Thessaly, about 350 acres in extent.
Germany leads the world in the development of poak'efficiency. In the photograph above, the compart steam turbino, plant would ordinari- --ly-take up enormous space:-
TWO EX- QUEENS
Bonzer is no ordinary dog: he is
a virtuoso.
She alleges that during the hearing of an action against Leslie B. Henry, an' employee of the company, for embezzling £8,000 from her, the public was led-to-believe that she killed-a film director, William Desmond Taylor, whose death has remain- ed a mystery.
Henry is now serving a sen- tence in San Quentin prison.
The case against him for da frauding Mrs. Shelby was heard In Los Angeles a year ago.
It was then, according to Mrs. Shelby, that the impression was given by the defence that she was implicated in à murder, and also in transactions designed to evade income tax payments.
She claims £50,000 damages in each case.-United Press.
THE INANIMATE GENIUS
By S. A. Gray He has no reverence for Bach, and despises Chopin. But how he Silent and motionless it stands, can play the bass!.
like a Horseguard on duty at White- He is no reluctant performer, hall. Forbidding, yet comforting. that is, in his proper setting in The cynosure of thousands of eyes. the darkened room of Constable! Ferguson
Unprejudiced, but benigningly, it of Sydney, on Aby evening. At a word from his makes its gracious gesture to the master, "we want a tune, Bonzer," tired office worker plodding his way he springs to the piano stool, home, offers encouragement to the switches on the light, and begins young lady hurrying to keep an ap-
and protection to a rhapsody, beating on the bass of pointment, the piano feverishly with both kiddie who has momentarily escaped
the care of his nurse.
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"Faster," he · Is bidden, and Frigidly it stares, then, frowns at. Worth £45,000 · Bonzer shows what allegro the man in the sports coupe fear- aolmato and presto furioso reallying off to the golf club, and throws Two ex-queens have just ex-mean. "Softer," he is bold, and art acid and corrective glance at IN changed £45,000 of jewellery.
Bonzer goes to the treble and the omulbus driver, strikes one or two soft, albeit. It is not beautiful to look upon, Here is the complicated cause. perhaps, dissonant chords.
but its adornments are attractive Helén, ex-Qucon of Rumania, Bonzer is quite accomplished in and colourful.
directions, says Austral has gone to Greece to act as other
It remains frigid and aloof, He counts correctly. If worrying neither about, harsh hostess for her brother, George, News, when he returns to the throne. asked how many would remain of curses nor compliments. Though So she has to have the royal jewels, the ten rabbits he caught if four a great public servant, it is not previously worn by Elizabeth, ex-were taken away, he barks out the harassed by the susceptibilities of right answer. He solvcts and its human prototypes. It cannot Queen of Greeca.
fetches almost anything he is told, be bribed. It is Immuno to Elizabeth is now in Rumania, dotes on babies and will not allow flattery and regards criticism with acting as hostess for her brother, even sparrows near them, and can mild amusement. It never wavers Carol. So she is entitled to the swim for hours and rescue awim-from its duties and it has saved an jewellery which belonged to Helen mers in difficulties.
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Both Holon and Elizabeth are gotton and Bonzer becomes just
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An Inanimato genius is England'a great-granddaughters of Queen plain bullterrier at the galvanizing newest
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