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FRENCH TENNIS

CHAMPIONSHIPS.

MISS NUTHALL'S EASY

VICTORY.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CHURCHES AND

MARRIAGE.

CHANGES IN U.S. DIVORCE REGULATIONS.

SEX EDUCATION AND BIRTH CONTROL

PAB15, May 30. The revival of British tennis prestige which was reflected in the

The wave of liberalism which is winning of the French, Women's sweeping the Protestant churcher Doubles title by Mrs. Fearnley of America is evidenced in two, new Whittingstall (nee Eileen Bennell) and Miss Betty Nuthall, and the declarations issued on April M, one winning of the Mixed Doubles title by the Episcopal Church and the by Miss Nuthall and 1. D. G.ther by the Presbyterim body. Spener, is confrmed by the singles Buccesses yesterday, when G. P. Hughes bent the American star, George Lott, by a further result ... to-day when Miss Nuthall entered the final of the women's event by Leating Fraulein Krahwinkel, 61, 0.2.

A radical change in the canons of the Episcopal Church will be re commended at the General Con- vention meeting at Denver in September as a result of the work of a commission, created six years ago, to study the question of divorce.

In the now canon al grounds for divorce, including adultery, which

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1931.

Money and Markets

BRITAIN MAKING PROGRESS.

FUTURE FOR SYNTHETIC

PRODUCTS.

Despite the universal trade de pression, there are industries", in which Britain is making pregress and even now leads the world.

synthetic

HONG KONG TRADE.

SMALL ENQUIRY FOR FANCY COTTONS.

The following reports are pub. lished on the fortnightly bulletin frued by the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce!--

Cotton Place Goods.

Enquiries are reported for fancy

arc The industries

goods, quick shipment, and a few petrol, synthetic resins, and synthomall lots have been accepted The tie nentie arlil.

dealers would have been prepared to operate on a larger scale had not the difference in prices over

wide" disparity.

At the present, moment the best Misa Nutball had an unexpected- ly hollow victory, and has now only

petrol costs 1s, ajd a gallon. Coal to beat Fraulein Cecilie Aussem oris recrgnized under present canon, petrol cannot be inanufatured and last year's booking shown such a Senorita de Alvarez, to take her will be eliminated from Church law. Lold for 'ess than is, a gallon, However, nine grounds on which third title.

Should the price of petrol, go still marriage may he annulled will be PARIS, May 30.defined by a new canoa and provi-higher a plant for the manufacture In the men's singles semi-finalsion made for the establishment of on Bordira bent Satoh 10-8, 2-4, 5-7, 041. 6-2.

Borotra Beals Satch.

an

Ecclesiastical Matial Court " in every diocese with the right, not only to pass on annulments but to German Girl Wins Semi-final, In the seini-final Fraulein Aussen Kive permission for divorced per defeated Senorita de Alvarez.&-4,ons to contract a second marriage

7.5.

BATTALINO UPSETS PREDICTIONS.

ZASY VICTORY OVER LA BARBA.

New York, May 22. --Christopher "Bat") Battaling to-night retain

yd his world's feather-championship when, in fifteen rounds of not too a do- atrenicus fighting he won cision over Fidel La Barba. It was

a large scale of coal petrol will be installed in this country.

A big future is now msured for now being the synthetic reams. placed on the market. These re sins can be employed for practically every use to which veliuhid can be

put.

Trado Position: Better.

Grounds for Annulment. The grounds for annulment in clude the following reasons existing at the time of marriage: lack of free consent, impotency mental deficiency, the existence of venereal disease, mistaken identity, consan

inity with certain degrees. While stricter towards divorced of vuleanite ivory, and tortoise- persons in removing adultery as a

sheN. ground for annulment the new ennon will be much more lenient towards divorced persons in their relation to the church

Priests may marry divorced per sons although the ceremony cannoli

church and he performed in Special service authorized by the bishop must be used.

The

Divorced persons, under the new New York's first championship ennon, will be admitted to all the

sacrtiments except marriage, Advance pre- fight of the year. dictions were entirely apart, for sole penalty for divorce under the new canon will be the denial of the sports writers had agreed that right of a divorced person to con Battalino was not a worthy cham-tract a second marriage in church

with an episcopal ceremony. 'pion and the public made it an

animus, because Lalarba entered the ring a 2 to 1 favourite.

Keither Battalino nor LaBarua was particularly damaged by the bout, but there was no question as to the winner. Battalino took nine rounds by clear margina, four rounds went to LaBarba, and two were declared even. The verdict in favour of the Hartford battler wanasimous. Battaline is not a popular champion, but against LaBurba he proved conclusively his right to wear the crown of the featherweight division.

LaBarha is a former flyweight

They can also be used in place

The manufacture of synthetic acetic acid in this country will have far-ching effects on the ar tificial silk industry. Previous to the installation of a plant in Great Britain practically the whole of Britain's supply of this acid game from abroad..

Acetic acid is. the basis of the artificial silk industry, and for the first time Britain will manufac ture this acid instead of import.

The latest cotton prices to hand are those of the 28th inst, viz.,. Middling American Spot 4.800. Egyptian Sakel, F.G.F. Spot 7.800.

Woollens,

The market appears to have ful-

filled the senson's requirements and except for odd ints Black Venclianė on new qualities and a few novelty styles there is nothing of import- ance to record.

The latest prices to hani are those of the 2nd inst, which show

dreline in "tops" of shout Id. per b. all round. Prices for yarn appear to be steady.

CHINESE SECURITIES IN LONDON,

RECENT DROP DUE TO POLITICAL INFLUENCES.

London, May 5.-Chinese securi- ties dropped noticeably on the

The new canon will require each parish to give instruction" both publicly and privately on the natura of Christian marriage, mutual for Learance and the responsibilities of marriage," and priests are forbiding it. den to solemnize n marriage unless Britain't trade position, is much news of the deadlock over extrater- certain such instruction has been given.

better than is generally believed.ritoriality and the beach, betweeri Canton and Nanking. The older loans of 1896 and 1308 were but little affected, being a half and one' point down respectively. Birch Crisp, 1012, fell. 6 to 41; Reorge. 4 to 5; Shangbai-Nanking Rail- way to 44; Hukuang dropped to 23 but recovered to 28.

Lifelong Contract."

In spite of the unemployment Furthermore, as a part of the ceremony, the couples will be re-figures, there are now more people quired to sign a statement recog working than before the War. nizing marriage as "lifelong

Other industries are "boking up," contract."

including the electrical industry,

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From the Presbyterian Church comes the announcement that the Commission created to study the road development, building, bank- problems of marriage and divorce and re-marriage will report to the eng, and insurance, General Assembly at Pittsburg endorsing wide sex-education and

Jis declared that "economic conditions and worthy standards of living clearly make it wrong to bring children into the world with

champion of the world and his de-approving birth control. fat to-night set him back consider. ably in, his efforte, to gain disfine tion in a new division. For all Battaling's lack of class and ex-out adequate provision for their perience, he proved that he has D gbundance of courage and plenty of crurage, LaBarba's famed left hand failed to jab the champion ie the extent that had been expected, and Battalino did not prove to be só Casy to hit.

Battalino won the title he defend- ed successfully to-night from An- dre Routiz, cf France, in Septem- ber, 1920. Since then, he has beeu. Leatén almost a dozen tint, but rarely has he staked his champion- ship.

DEATH SENTENCE ON TERRORISTS.

NURDER OF DETECTIVES AND A NEWSPAPER EDITOR,'

Belgrade, May 20.-Sentence of death was passed to-day on three terrorista, charged, with twenty others, with the murder of two de tectives and a newspaper editor în

future and proper consideration for the health of the mother," and, it is added, that "two methods are possible for securing birth control. The first is continence, and the serand is the use of contraceptives. When this method is adopted of seeking the worthy objectives stated above, it should only be in fidelity to the highest spiritual ideals of the Christian home.”

SITUATION IN COAL FIELDS.

ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION OF

SETTLEMENT.

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TRADE WITH SOUTH AMERICA.

BRITAIN'S NEED FOR REDUCED FREIGHTS.

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Loudon, May 22. There will be trade little improvement in our relations with. South Ameri

until ire tavò ed the basic question of freights to those countries," said Lord Ed- nam in a specch at Dudley to-day

Our passenger train to both the West and East cools, of South

.....

our, fastest boats between Buenos Aires and. Cherbourg by five days

British exporters, he said, found Bond goods to

As yet there seems a disinclina- tion to express any views AB TO the outcome of events, but The Times, in a footnote to its telegram reporting Chian's announced deter- nination to assume jurisdiction orer foreigners ni the end of this year, says:

From the beginning, the British Government has insisted that Shanghai and the other thres pria- cipal treaty ports must be outsido the scope of the negotiations. The municipal councils in those settle- pats could seracely continue to function with any efficiency of ex- were abolished. traterritoriality Moreover, s many other Powers have interests in those porte that it would be invidious for Great Britain to negotiate alone with China on matters of vital concern

to the settlements. The Chinese Government objects to this exemp- tion, and desires that the now sys- tem, when it is introduced, should apply to the whole of China, in- cluding the treaty parts.

London, May 23.-The Parlia-America was virtually lost, he dr. mentary Secretary of the Mines Department of the Board of Trade,clared, as Gerraany was able to boat Mr. E. Shinwell, who leaves on Tuesday to attend the conference. of the International Labour Office at Geneva on Miners' hours, wid to-day the impression abroad that, failing an international agreement, it cheaper to

In spite of the deadlock which there would be no settlement of the Antwerp and transfer them to a

has arisen over this question, it present difficult situation in the German line than to ship them British coal fields, was entirely

18 not thought likely that-as is be- from a British port. It was also erroneous.

cheaper, quicker and more comfering put about from Chinese sour

Zagreb and also with blowing up the negotiations proceeding in the table to go to the west coast ofera-the Chinese Government will!

a bridge and committing outrages against the police barracks and the railway line.

Eleven others were sentenced to terms of hard labour varying from two to twenty years.

An international convention, he declared, had nothing to do with British coal-mining industry, in connection with which there would be a meeting of miners and owners on June 4, to be followed on June by a meeting of both sides with the Government.

South America via New York and to tranfer into an American boat there than to go direct.

In conclusion, however, Lord Ednam tried to raise the drooping While it was important to get an international convention in order to spirits of the audience a little by more cheerful tons It was alleged that the organiza-secure uniformity in working hours stating in a

throughout Europe, it could not that is understood the best brains como into operation immediately, of the nation were now engaged

bo because the convention had ratified and that might take two or in an attempt to elve these pree

sing problems. three-yeare.'

tion of which the prisoners were members worked in close co-opera- tion with Croatian political refugees in Hungary and Austria......

take the extreme step of decreeing the abolition of extrateritoriality without waiting for the consent of the Powers whose subjects are affected. Such a step, it is pointed cut, could only stiffon the attitude Loth of Great Britain and of the other Powers concerned, and would inevitably postpone the settlement towards which good progress was - bring-made-

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