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Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1931, Page 5

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RADIO ROMANCE.

HAPPINESS SHATTERED

LONDON, June 7

Public interest in the wireless romance of the soprano Mavis Bennett, who married Stanford Robinson, a broadcasting official, in 1926, has been reawakened owing to her suing him for half the expenses of the honeymoon, the cost of his underwear, and his wedding present to her of a fur coat.

The arrangement was allegedly made that he was *to. repay her with contributions to the housekeeping expenses. He denied this, and said that she was test extravagant. Her agent had expedited the engagement as a publicity stunt, and now, instead of being happy, “with a car, servants, and every blessed tiling,”' they were ruined. Their, combined incomes exceeded £2OOO a year.

Mr Justice Charles gave judgment for the husband, on the grounds that the arrangement was merely domestic and was not legally enforceable. ’ LIFE’S STRUGGLE. SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW. LONDON, June 7. "The- idea of leaving maternity to the docile, domesticated type, of cowlike placidity, while intellectual women run tlie world, is mischievously nonbiological,” declared Sir Arthur Thomson and Professor Patrick Geddes, in "Idle”-—two huge volumes which : they have produced during 40 years’ collaboration. Referring to birth control, they declare: "Action thought over and resolved is never quite immoral. We are moving rapidly towards saturationpoint in population, and must secure restriction of the size of the family in order to prevent the terrible struggle for existence that must ensue i i increase continues at the present rate. must become a, matrimonial agency, in fact, though not in name. What is the London social season—or what is any gathering of young people, for afternoon tea or dance — but such an agency?” GLIDING FEAT. OX WINGS OF STORM. LONDON, June 7. Starting in a towed aeroplane -Herr Otto Fuchs glided over Berlin at a height of 600 to 3000 feet. Then lie went to Frankfurt in 135 minutes, using the air currents created by thunderstorms which developed, over Berlin. He landed becaiUse /the storms dispersed and did not return.

THE UNGENTLE SEX. WOMAN’S VIEW OF WOMEN. LONDON. June 7. Women in the gallery at the National,,Conference. of L&bymurxi Blackpool caused the speakers n goot deal of annoyance by a constant five of interruptions, At last many of the interjectors had to be x - emoved ironl the hall by men stewards, “Why nien stewards?”, cried severa. delegates, when the stewards were called in. “Because,” said Dr. Marion Phillips, M.P., “they will do the jot with less injury to the women than would he the case if hand-to-iianc fighting occurred among the women themselves.” , “A SLIPPERY SLOPE.” . BISHOPS AND WOMEN DEACONS

LONDON, June 7. “We are on a slippery slope and should learn a lesson from experience in secular matters,” said the Bishop of Durham, Dr. Hensley Henson, addressing the Convocation of Canterbury on the position of deeonesses in the Church.

“There was no sphere of the public service, Dr. Henson added, into which women were not pressing, and the mass of English church people do not realise what is on the way. If the deaconate were given to women, it would probably be the preliminary to their admission to the priesthood, even to the episcopate. The Bishop of Manchester, Dr. Warman, said that women had contributed with greatest advantage, to the common weal.

Convocation approved the appointment of a committee to consider the question, The Archbishop of York, Dr. Temple, moved for the appointment of a committee to consider the holding of the Church Congress every three or five years instead of every year. Dr. Hanson said he thought that they great harm was being done by excessive talk. He hoped congress would be abolished.