THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1937.
SPEEDY DIVORCE REFORM DEMAND
KING CAROL BUYS WINDSOR'S
HOLIDAY YACHT
London Efforts To Travel Incognito
KING Carol of Rumania has bought Lady Yules' yacht
Nahlin, in which the Duke of Windsor cruised last summer when Edward VIII.
One of the reasons for King Carol's visit is to discuss plans for n state visit to the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace late in the year, the Daily Mail says.
Italy, is seen, photographed when
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT's Arrangements are being made to entertain a number MOTHER, is spending some time in of foreign royal guests, including King Leopold of the farriving at Naples, Belgians and King George of the Hellenes.
A tanned, happy-looking man, in large brown letters, easy to read in a brown chalk-stripe suit, fifteen yards away.
bowler hat, and rubber-soled At the station plain-clothes detec- shoes, jumped from a private tives, trying to look unconcerned and 10 let conch of the Continental boat-nike palicemen, refused
people even touch the three barriers, train at Victorin.
jacross the platform.
car.
More Judges Wanted: Delay Worse
"At least one extra judge is needed immediately in the Divorce Courts to tackle the present arrears. Unless the Lord Chancellor introduces speedy and drastic reforms there will be hopeless congestion and misery-especially to poor persons."
A lawyer with many years' experience of divorce delays and the unnecessary hardship they impose upon husbands and wives already embittered by unhappy marriages, made this indictment of the present state of the Law Courts when discussing with a reporter recently the inadequacy of the system.
ONE-THIRD UNHEARD When the Law Courts closed!
DEVIL'S ISLE MAN their doors on July 31 to give
ARRESTED
TRAMPED 200 MILES THROUGH FOREST
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judges and officials a ten weeks') holiday, over 500 of the 1.512 divorce petitions set down in
because more peililons for divorce are being filed at Somerset House th a week than are being dealt with in the courts.
decree
To-day petitioners have to wait six. or eight months before securing a deerce nisi, To secure absolute under 12 months is prae-
EXTRA
the current Trinity list remain- tically impPCE NOT ENOUGH
ed unheard. He kissed a solemn reception com-j Much thinner, handsome, and
Unlucky petitioners will have several petitions left high-and-dry A solicitor facing the prospect of mittee of three and marched through almost boisterous with good humour.)
to wait till mid-October before on the waiting-list said: twenty polleemen to a closely-guorded the "count" had been recognised After escaping from Devil's Island, their cases are even approached, ;
levery inch of his journey as King the dreaded penal settlement
my opinion the appointment of ¡Carel.
French Guiano and walking 200 miles
Despite the "mass attack" one extra judge will not solve the He was a monarch trying to be
through dense forest, living on roots on hollday-Carol of Rumania. The "count" took ordinary rooms and berries, a convict named Elle Merriman, is launching on the Admiralty and Probate business, at which the President, Sir Boyd problem unless divorce Is made a
separate division travelling incoguito as plain Count on the second floor of the Dorchester Rondeau has been arrested in Paris.
unhampered by Vrancia. He was in Britain 10 Hotel, but the reception office denied! walk in Hyde Park, visit museams, Jall knowledge of him.
He had secured a loaf of bread and rear in the undefended list least two extra judges will be avers- a pices of beef, walled to Cayenne, his most optimistic estimate is sary buy presents, go to a few theatres,
to prevent the courts being and avoid the strain of Kingship into Hyde Park, his suite-two con-ed to Paris, where he had been livingtions will have been dealt with the Marriage Hill, said:
Hotless, he walked across the lounge reached America by bont, and return-that only 850 of the 1,061 peti- showed under In the near future."
Mr. A. P. Herbert, M.P., sponsor of "He wants to be a normal human plenous men in bowler hats-at his under many assumed names.
He is arranging for one judge, being with a few days to enjoy him-j self," sabi M. Dinencesco, a mrmm-
defended cases, sitting daily) to deal exclusively with in- ber of the Legation. His Majesty
during the last fortnight of the refuses to make any plans, and wilt Just do what and go where he pleases, He wants to try to disappear in the
term, crowd and look at London. He is very fond of London."
heels,
"We still say King Carol is not here," repeated the reception clerk.
People stopped and stared
Rondeau, who had fen
convictions, was sent to Devil's 1st
previous in 031. Twice before he had tried
to escape.
On the first occasion he got some
It was a London policeman who distance away from the Island in a was certain. He held up a double rowing boat before being recaptured. stream of traftle while the King cross-The second time he was bitten by t The first slips in the incognito were fed the rond. It is difficult for a king snalte and overtaken by warders be- the printed labels on his luggage to be an Ordinary Person.
enuse he was too weak to rum,
"I believe that divorce Judges hearing petitions at Assizes would greatly ease the burden on the
courts in London.
"My own desire is to see the num ber of divorces decrease 05 the MONDAYS ONLY
result of new legislation, I admit Pressure of work in the Admiralty that there will be additional grounds and Divorce division has relegated for divorce, but on the other hand these cases to "Monday only." No there will be greater restrictions, and assistance can come from the King's many persons who to-day enjoy easy Bench, where the Judges are also divorce of the hotel bill variety will busy.
And their path more difficult."*
Lord Hailsham, the Lord Chuneel-
While divorce figures have soared;
in the past five years-due mainly to lor, has to apply for Parliamentary the facilities extended to "poor puwers betore he can appoint an persons"-the number of divorce additional Judge or Divorce Commis- | judges-three-hus remained the sioner. He is awaiting the fate of the Marriage Bill before making a Alarm is growing in legal circles final decision on Law Courts reform.
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British trade returns, issued last month show that in June was sold more goods overseas than in any month since October 1930. Total value of exports was £44,- 373,000, an increase of £12,300,000, or 37 per cent. on June 1936.
From January to June this year exports are valued at £251,214,000, an improvement of £43,323,000, or 20 per cent., on the same period last year.
Cotton is No. 1. Exports so far this year are worth £34,277,000, an increase of £4,700,000 on 1936. Iron and steel at £23,000,000 are up by more than £6,000,000. Machinery sales, at £23,000,000, are up £3,000,000. Even coal, long in the doldrums, has jumped £3,000,000 to £16,600,000, thanks mainly to Italy's reviving interest in South Wales.
Scotch whisky sales to the United States total £3,000,000, a jump of 50 per cent.
The increase in our imports is even greater. For June they were worth £88,116,000, an increase of £20,500,000 on June 1936, and the highest monthly purchase from overseas for more thun seven and a half years.
In the first six months of 1937 Britain has bought from abroad goods worth £183,122,000, an increase of £80,000,000 on 1936. Raw materials account for £32,000,000 of the increase, manufactured goods for £28,000,000, and foodstuffs for nearly £20,000,000.
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