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BISHOPS DIFFER

'CAN UNBAPTISED BE MARRIED?

Differing views of the Bishops of St. Albans and Oxford on mar- rlage in church has caused a curl-J ous altuation to arise in the adjoining towns of Leighton Buz zard, Bedfordshire, and Linslade, Buckinghamshire.

BOOKMAKING IN FRANCE

ILLEGAL BETTING

WIPED OUT-

Paris, June 26.

Illegal bookmaking has been wiped out in France as a result of the Pari-Mutuel Urbain 'Betting authoritatively System, It Was stated here to-day.

them to the headquarters in Paris.

It appears that an unbaptised man or woman cannot be married

Inaugurated in 1932, more or nt Leighton Buzzard Parish Church, and the situation, which less as an experiment, the system is causing Leighton Buzzard cobhan proved so Huccessful that there nks to marry in Linslade, is there now main offices and sub subject of much local comment.

bureaus in twenty-five cities, Dealing with the matter in his which take bets and transmit parish magazine, the Vicar of Leighton Buzzard, the Rov. S. E. Swann, refers to a pastoral letter In order to meet the demanda of sent to the clergy by the Bishop of the thousands of people who are St. Albans stating that "if it trans- too busy or too far away to attend pire, that either or both parties are the races, but who want to bet unbaptised-persons, marriage ought not to be solemnised in church, as neverthelesa, tobacco stores have the service is quite obviously in- been' tended for persons who througir] offices. baptism have been made members of Christ."

converted

into nuxiliary

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1935.

PARACHUTE TECHNIQUE

LATEST DEVICE FOR LEARNING THE ART

...

TESTED BY MISS EARHART

ATACK ON TYNE

BATTERIES. SPOT DESTROYERS

SIGHTSEERS THRICCED

a few days ago.

Tynemouth. New York, July 0.

The epic of Zeebrugge was re- Wearing a pair of her husband's enacted off Tynemouth by the Navy, old pants Mrs. George Palmer the Army, and the Royal Air Force. The whole district was plunged Putnam (at home) or Miss Amelia Earhart (on the front pages) back into 1914-1918.

200-foot tower, All day long Royal Artillery man Jumped off pitched in the wilds of New Jersey. and electrical engineers from the Territorial Army, pitted their skill She wasn't even so much as against the brilliance of the Navy' seratched. The leap was made in men. the Interest of science, and not because of a natural liking for towed off-topping, or suicide as it is technically known.

Attached to Miss Earhart when she sailed off and out into the air, was a parachute; A full-grown, !

It is officially estimated that the total number of bets made over the standard 1

Parl-Mutuel counters during last

year

Lo amounted

of

R. A. F. scouting machines roar- ed overhead; guns fired blank after blank at destroyers and submarines making for the mouth of the Tyne.

For the task of the coustul de- fence force was to prevent a block- ade of one of Britain's most im- portant waterways-the Tyne,

Windows along the coast rattled for hours as the guns crashed out: holidaymakers had free scata on the front for the show.

parachute. Hers Waa The Vienr adds:-"I do not desire to refuse to marry anyone,

the first "drop" on the new and nor indeed have I done so, but I

764.143,420 experimental parachute tower of have always suggested preparation francs, representing an increase the Switlik Parachute Company for baptism as the solution. of 77,942,360 francs over 1933 and admire our Bishop for his honesty 224,417,020 francs over 1932 when Trenton, NJ. and courage, and believe him to be the system was inaugurated, or right according to the Canon Law! and at more according to spiri Geials state that despite the de-násociates, Commander James H./General F. W. Barron, Inspector of

pression there is no

tual values. But whether I agree

with him or not-which I do-he has given a lend which I must follow."

In his parish magazine the Vicar of Linslade, the Rev. L. E. Lydek- ker writes:The ancient rule is that both parties to a wedding in church must needs he members of the Church by holy baptism. In some English churches the rule is strictly adhered to, but in others, as in Oxford, the Bishop has partly relaxed the rule and grauts a gran eral dispensation that If one of the two in baptised the minister may and shall marry them according to the rites and ceremonies of the Holy Catholic. Chureli established, and such marriages are valid in all rexperts,'

doubt that

1995 will show a still larger turn.

over.

Paris holds the lead aver other cities with the largest number of beta. In 1934, they totalled 645,- -far-behind, but 797,360 francs, close together, are Lyons and Mar- seilles with 33,908,990 frames, re- spectively.

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And the Saturday Afternoon Soldiers on the shore proved them- selves doughty defenders.

General Sir A. Wardrop, G.O.C. Mr. Stanley Switlik and his Northern Command, and Major-

Fixed Defences from the

War

Strong and Mr. Putnam, decided office, appeared well antisled with some months ago that when a man what they saw,

plane be should | Sightseers were thrilled by this jumped from a have a sound knowledge of parn-"prace-time Zeebrugge." This in

they

what they saw: set chute technique. So about devising ........a device which would enable potentia! "Bailers out to learn the art. They un- veiled It finally, deep in Jersey woods.

The little group of men standing on the headland overlooking the North Sea strained their eyes in the gathering darkness to get u the glimpse of anything moving out on

those grey wastes. Main offers and agencies in the

Suddenly from near at hand the various cities of France take bets

Roughly, here's what it was:

Awhite beam of a powerful search- up to the latest hour possible.

light stabbed the darkness. They are immediately transmitted 200-foot tower, almost identical to

ORDER TO "FIRE" by wire or telephone to the Paris headquarters. The bets are then those spindly shafts over oll wells, placed in lump sum with the re-From it, protruded a giant ar

Pari-Mutuel on the course Attached to the arm, and leading gulur for which they are made,-United

to the ground, were four guide] Prisk.

wires. Inside the guide wires was

Here it is A trafic guide that oven the children can play with, and motorists won't ming "bumping.

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opened parachute, with canvas swing for a seat.

STOPS WITH A BUMP

A bluey-grey oblong slid from the darkness into the silvery path of fight.

Other searchlights im. mediately got into action, planing that grey-blue oblong to its black background and transforming it in- to a destroyer with smuke stacks befching and vainly endeavouring

to escape.

Orders were rapped out on the Miss Earhart sat in the swing,[headland and dark figures erouch-

heavy life

herint in life on the concrete gun cm-

placements watched expectantly, stomach. A motor hoisted the

belt

BETONS

A word of command and a flash

noted aviatrix and the parachute 19 of flame leapt from the wicked- the top of the tower. At a signal,tooking snout of a "heavy."

the parachute was released, Miss

Another shot" followed; a third-

Earhart squealed after the manner and then a second destroyer could be seen twisting and turning and

of a woman sighting a mouse, and trying to get away from that not- started down toward Jersey. & wirk of lights.

few feet from the ground glantj

And it was a good job, for

springs caught the chute, and the warships that the shells in those

s were blanket brought it to a jolting halt.-

"it's just like AL parachute!

jump," she said. "The only "GROWING" NEW

difference being that the guide wires keep the 'chute from drift- ing with the wind, and the springs! Kave the beginner from hitting the ground."

MOTOR FUEL

SUGAR BEET ALCOHOL CAN BE USED

Washington.

"Somewhere in China" this soldier by means of a map is informing the inhabitants of a town about the situation in the North.

Willy den Ouden, 17, Dutch swim star, holds couple of world's

*

recorda.

Russian

Leon Trotski, former loader, now' an exile, has found at lenat temporary refuge in Norway.

Later, qualified parachute jumpera tested the new device. They jumped with only one guide!

Motor fuel may be "grown" wire at first, and then with none.] nstead of refined from pielroleum All were of the opinion that then the near future, an invention would enable a beginneri nent by the Department of Com-atulled to use 25,000,000 'gallons

Berre has revealed,

to learn how to handle a chute, to

Announce-

of sugar bert alcohol ay motor Mr. C. C. Concamon, chief fuel, The proposal is to fix by control it, and to Inud it on the department's chemical disk law the proportion of alcohol to be terrain more comfortable than alsion, said that many nations used in motor fuel and gradually were experimenting with gasolene to increase it until the full church steeple

blends and substitutes in order to 25,090,000 gallons are used at the Although the "enptive" para- radure gasolene imports. If these and of a four-year period. •

are successful; the nation chute was primarily designed for tests Army and Navy training. Mr. which grows its gasolene motor

[Tuol will be independent.

la 50 per cent increase in the sugar Putnam said it probably would|

He cited reports from Italy beet aerenge would be required. also be sold to amusement parks.

- which said an

being-United Press.

WILS

The report from Rome said that

THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH FIFTH ANNUAL

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC

COMPETITION

JUNE-AUGUST, 1935.

Valuable Prizes

IN ADDITION TO THE CAMERA AND CASH PRIZES

MESSRS. ILFORD, LIMITED, OF LONDON OFFER

TWO SILVER TROPHIES

1st Value

2nd Value

$150.00 85.00

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Commence Sending in Your Entries

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For the best Story-telling Picture

1st-16 mm. Cine Kodak Model

K. 1.3.5. lens, complete withị carrying case.

(Donat by the Eastman Kodak Company)

Value . $204.00 2nd-Rolleicord Photo-Automat

Camera, completo carrying case,

with

(Donated by Franke & Haidecke in conjunction with Messrs. Melchers & Co.)

Value....

3rd Cash Prize

$40.00

(Section 3 cont'd) 2nd

3rd Cash Prize $20.00

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(Two Consolation Prisse "Rollaffen" Books?

SECTION 4

Views, Including Architecture and Street Sconce 1st-Kodak Pupille, Leitz f.3.5

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(Donated by Eastman Kodak Company)

Valuc .$160,00

.$75.00 2nd.--Cash Prize

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$10.00

(Two Consolation Prizes "labelflex" Booke)

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Speedex Itecord Camera 1.7.7 lens.

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Value

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Co.)

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4 Consolation Prizes

"Boy Scout Kodaks"

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Value $12.00 each

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At Kamptal in Lower Austria, the people are nowadays wearing the old, picturesque national postuum when going to the church. This charming picture shows some pesaduta leaving the Church after the service,

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