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MEDIUM POSED AS FATHER, HE SAYS

CHAI

Greenwich, June 28.

HARLES JAMES EVENS, fair-haired twenty-year-

old apprentice engineer, so nervous that he put aj lighted cigarette in his pocket when called into the police |court, described here to-day his fight with an alleged “spi-

rit" at a seance.

They were laid down with a block

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937.

ATTACKS

DIVORCES

Drama Of Duel With Law

Lord

By

WILLIAM BARKLEY

London, June 28.

FUNNY man A. P. Her-

bert has convulsed people with laughter. Last night his Marriage Bill--}} clever name for a Divorce Bill-convulsed the House of Lords. But not with laughter.

The profound issues of his Forty-seven-year-old Clive "The slates," said young Eyears, Holmes, described as a medium, were only luminous on one side. Bill, which grants divorce his eyes hidden behind heavyclotis over them so you couldn't see for insanity, for three years' smoked glasses, nicotine-stained them picked up.

desertion, and for gross

fingers forming cups for his ears, listened intently,

"There were three apparitions be-l

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fore it came near to mother and offences, balanced by the SCHOOL

fe pleated not gulity to obtaining | me. 4. by false pretences from the boy's

new proposal of no divorce nother, Mrs. Violet Evens, of St.; "When the 'form' was near. I saw within five years of mar- Audrey's-avenue. Bexley Heath, in a sleeve under the drapery. archi connection with a seance at his house put my foot out. Its fool "stumbled riage, stirred deep rivalries

in The Grove. Blackheath.

The case will be continued nesti Thursday.

Young Evens (umbled painfully in his packet till his cigarette was out. squared us slim shoulders. then told his story.

Lagainst mine."

EXAMS

"I tel go my mother's hand-we among members of the Upper SYSTEM

had to link bands and grabbed House. my torch. I switched it directly on the form.

"I saw quite clearly it was Mr.)

vd by drapery.

"EVIL FROM GOOD"

CRITICISED

London, July #. THE story of the Swanley

What a wide net membership! Clive. could see the face surround-

The present system of school Junction rail smash last!

of the House can spread on big certificate examinations is in His father, Paymaster Lieut.- Sunday was told over again at Commander Evens, R.N., he said, died

occasions. Among the 200 peers many ways "an expensive make- "I said 'It's you, Chive? He bad the official inquiry by Colonel A. in December.

He struck and most of the bishops assem-believe," in which the examining He went to ences at Holmes slates in his hands.

bled we looked down from the bodies are forced into the farco H. Mount, Chief Inspector of house with his mother, who hoped at me several times on the arma. Accidents, in London yesterday.to get in touch with the spirit of his "As soon as I saw he was getting Press Gallery on an Archbishop of passing a large number of

Father

rather nasty I whipped out the chalf and a Lord of Appeal, with com- candidates incompetent in par. Most of the facts revealed at the "I was asked," he said, "if I was from under me and rammed it at his plete courtesy and careful lan- ticular subjects so as to avoid inquest were reported in the Meesan earnest seeker of the truth.

guage confronting one another the tragedy of ploughing them. They were sulid feet. Chronicle yesterday, but the follow, 'Yes, I have an open mind." ing additional points were made:

W. T. Langridge. station foreman, said after the accldent the freman said: "I told the driver the distant signal was on, but he did not take ang notice of me."

Henry J. Aplin, the driver, denied that he heard his fireman say this.

W. A. Willin, the stationmaster, said there were plenty of tools for rescue work but not room to use them,

The coach sides being of wood. made it easier to get the passengers out. He trembled to in what would have happened had they been made of steel.

Was

Colonel Mount sald that he under- "stood that the control ofice

advised of the accident at 11.30, and the breakdown gang was asked for at) 11.50. He would like to know the cause of the delay.

Mr. Davidson, assistant to the divi- sional superintendent, sald that the control office was told at 11.34. They! telephoned to get the breakdown train i several times, but the telephone was engaged.

Mr. James Macdonald, a passenger, complained that he lay 51 minutes in

"After two or three visits I was convinced it was a fake, su on May - 20-I took an electric torch with me, i

"I was sure it was faked, because

I saw a sleeve under the 'form's drapery, and the face supposed to be my father's I was perfectly posi- tive was nol.

feet.

'MOTHER SCREAMED

-SHE WAS IT'

"He went on hitting till he found I wasn't there because I had moved Then he turned and hit my mother.

"I jumped over the chair and went

|

after him. He raced back to the

on the issue of divorce reform.. So says Sir Philip Hartog in a The Archbishop of Canterbury publication "Examination of said:-

Examinations."

that al It may be remembered "In this perverse world, where evil comes out of good just as An Examination of Examinations," the end of 1035 there was published good comes out of evil, the de- which was the result of an exhaustive cision to make the ground for inquiry by Sir Philip Hartog and Dr. "We all went to a room instairs cabinet.

divorce equal as between women Rhodes. That report shook the faith We took up places round a horse-

and men has led to endless of many people in the examination shuc table. A gramophone was put "Halfway across mother screamed)

troversy. The investigators were told on. Mrs. Clive Holmes

and hisut she was kit. I turned to protect abuses of the law by collusion.ystem and gave rise to much con- "Now the proof of a single act that they should have concealed their wife were referred to as Mr. and Mrs. her. Clive Baked some one to say a

"I felt something conting up behind of adultery by man or woman is results so as net to alarm the public

unduly prayer.

sufficient ground for divorce. "Clive went inte a cabinet at the ne, It was Mr. Clive. sat in front of it.

"I pushed him towards the cabinet. As a result, three things have I had a good view. He went in. end of the ruam.

been exposed to contempt-the "Mr. Smith-one of the sitters-Inside the chair was empty,

Inside the this were wide reality and gravity of the sin of handcuffed him to a high-backed that by the light of my torch.

adultery; the cause of truth; chair. The curtains were drawn in

"Mrs. Clive pulled the curtain white and the law itself. the 'spirit' disrobed"

front.

RAMMED CHAIR

AT HIS FEET' "The ordinary electric light was taken off and a red bulb put in. 13 made the room almost Jet blnek.

"Mes. Clive hnd a small torch, and she made sure with it that our feetj were in.

"People started singing hymns,

1 sow

Mr. F. Milton (for the police): You could not see that?

"No," said young Evens, "but I could see the curtains moving about.

"Then he came out handcuffed to bls chair in the middle of the) circle. He was gasping. Mrs. Cilve sall 1 had nearly killed a medium.

Clive. talking in broken English,;

'Give un

plenty fresh ni.

satel:

whled. A

the

In reply, Sir Phillp now asks, What would be the condition of public health we tried to conceal the facts and statistics of disease?" the National Union of Teachers, which has undertaken its publication.

"What does passing an examination really mean? asks Sir Philip.

This new brochure is addressed to

Inside the cabinet Clive was sup- Give all de people dere money back. result of pasalon, 19 regarded us a examinations for such a profession as

posed to be going into a trance.

"There was groanlug, and he

voice. Things Jumped about.

A CONTRAST

"Adultery is being treated with levity. I reaches its extreme in

He says that our modern system of what are called hotel bill cases.“ Parties no longer wishing to live examinations is the descendant of together make an arrangement by those tests of utilisable skill carried a single act of adultery is out by trade and craft guilds.

“A piece of work accomplished was woman asks her busband give her what is called definite evic

of utilisable skill," evidence 'ler liberty,' and

To-day we have analogics of these sometinies appeals to a sort of perverted sense tests, at the lower end of the scale, In shorthand and typewriting, and, at of chivalry on his part.

the higher end of the scale, in This grave sin, not here "I can't do it very well," the youth miserable episode in mutual that of actuary. Here the examiners started to speak in some one else's apologised fur is rendering of the arrangement, and I must say that can give reliable testimony as to what

Incident.

"Everybody went downstairs except assistance for carrying it out is the candidates can certainly do. "He had a tambourine. You could two men, I asked for uur money—is fteadily given by the solicitors them- the compartment before he managed hear its bells ringing. And a violin-back. I was pakl.

"Further, situstiun bos been to wriggle out. here was no me to played a little melody.

"I took mother away and she was treated where this is regarded as a/what i would be safe to assert of the direct the operations.

his treated in Lewisham Hospital." Arc brigade were only amateurs. Two

Mr. W. H. Chitty, the solicitor de mere form and no act of adultery powers of a student who could just succeed in obtaining pass-marks at a examination in haurs elapsed before the breakdown Not "he" now.

The magistrate (Mr. L. H. Dunne): funding Holmes, reserved his cross-s necessarily taken place. But i University

Let us have "it" for examination till the next hearing. Is necessary to represent to the several subjects. The reply was:“Į train arrivedt.

Continued bail of £25 was allowed, court that it has taken place. On hink you could say that he could

this false declaration a marriage pass the examination at

at the time he dissolved.

passed it," To the following question It is to me astonishing that men as to whether it would be safe to otherwise honourable have resort to say that he had any useful knowledge such a device of constructive per-of the subjects or that he would be Jury- tlagrant contempt of the fit for any career the answer was. first principles of truth.

"No, you could say none of these "LAW IN CONTEMPT"

things. When

that you have said "The law itself is brought inte he passed the examination you have contempt. I have reason to believe said all that can be said."

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Now for the contrast. Sir Philip once asked an experienced examiner

I hope I am not making any It is far easier, in the opinion of confidence that those Sir Philip, to conduct a large general who are responsible for the adminis-examination designed to test a utilisa- tration of the law regard the einuse ble skill than one which is designed In this Bill"-ordering the courts to to test progress. When testing a

there inquire if they feel that

is utBisoble skill there need be no worry collusion"ns giving then all the about statistics.

SUGGESTED REFORMS. powers which they need to prevent

Sume notable reforms in examing- collusion."

The Archbishop of Canterbury, un re would classify examination are suggested. First, head of the

Sir Philip Anglican community, admitted a dual personality. As a tests in different subjects in such a Churchunan he

cannot. support way as to show employer: In wint divorce. As a citizen he has tu cases they will be able to rely on a School Certificate as thowing the admit that divorce is permitted by possession of utilisable skill. Another that School While every man and woman who reform he suggests is

Certificates should be supplemented goes to church in any one of the 12,000 gems of ecclesiastical archly cumulative school records.

"TO

To the question whether preparns lecture which benutify our towns and tion for an examination is an evil in villages waited eagerly to hear how

Faw.

the head of the Church will decide, all cases, Sir Philip says: "We must distinguish. It It an evil when it Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang announces tends to sterilise interest in n subject that his decision was undecided.

He said he could not vote for the

wo wish to encourage. It does

Bill as a Churchman, and he could nothing but good when it means the Dequirement of. a much needed not vote against it as a cillzen, utilisable skill."

Therefore he would abstain on the

first vote, which in parliamentary

usage is called the second reading of which has absorbed so many months the Bill.

of the time of Parliament. He would watch carefully Its pro- This statement was understood to gress through the next stage, the mean that if the Bill comes through committee stage, and if the "claurer the House at Lords Committen which ho, as Churchman, supports unaltered in its main provisions, the pre tampered with in committee, he Archbishop of Canterbury will either will oppose the third reading, which support it or at least refrain from will be the final vote on this Bill, opposing it.

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