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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11829, 10 January 1933, Page 3

The smallest church in the City of London, overshadowed by its skyscraper neighbours, still stands square and undaunted. It survived the great fire of London and it survives modern disapproval. This is St. Etholburgn’s, in Bishops gate, the church where the divorced may remarry. A marriage between an American woman, whose former marriage was dissolved, and an Englishman will take placo soon at St. Ethelburga’s, despite the disapproval of the bishop. Tho ceremony will he performed by its rector, the Rev. Dr. TV. F. GeikieCobb, chairman of the Marriage Reform League. “AYhat we want.’’ he said, “is a sane programme on divorce. all, every divorced person has a right to happiness, and a right to he married in church. A r ou have no idea of tho mental suffering of some of the divorced when they find the church doors closed to them. I could quote you hundreds of instances of tho misery it causes.”

Wool is being accepted as legal tender by a Roseburg (Oregon) haberdashery firm from debtors wlio advised the management that they were unable to pay their debts in cash. The wool is to be stored and converted into cash at a later date.