London, Jan. 6.
Tt was announced to-day that King has approved the appointment of Ar, Herbert William Emerson, Who, since 1030,
the Home Depart the time Depart Tent to be Governor of the Punjab succession to Sir" Geoffrey de Montmorency, who resigned for reasons of health in Apri, The King. has appointed Mr. Emerson to be & Knight Commander lof the Order of the Star of Indi fon his becoming the Governor.
'Mr.' Emerson entered. the Indian [Service in 1905 and in 1915 be appointed superintendent, and. Set-tiement. Officer of Mandi State, Two rs. Tater, he became Assistant} "commissioner and Settlement Officer lof the Punjab and, in 1922, he was Taade. Depaty Commissioner. 1026, he was made Secretary to the jovernment Finance Depariment.—Wireless and Special.
_A concordat which is shortly to be signed with the—Holy See will, according to the Christian-Social organ "Reichspost,". provide for Seltlement of the vexed question of remarriage of divorced persotis of the Catholic faith.
'Although divorce' was authorised in' Austria after the war, no provisions were made by law for ve~ marriage, That difficulty was partly overcome when provincial governors granted divorced persons the right marry again, and more than 50,000 people availed themselves: of, such right following the war but, in a test ease, the Supreme Court decided that all marriages ent into under such circumstances vere legal. All children born unions are therefore, illegitimate, and numerous other eémplications have arisen as a result of the decision, During his result visit to the Vatican, the Austrian Minister of Education, Dr. Rintelen, is reported to have reached an agreement with the Pope. by which, in future, JAustrian divorcees may, by annotneing their secession from the Church, res marry without authorisation from the Clergy, and, at the same time, the legal ban will be removed from uch iavvinges—Trans-Ocean, Kur
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