CLOTHES—BUT NO WOMAN

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 February 1927, Page 3

CLOTHES—BUT NO WOMAN

BATHS CUSTODIAN ALARMED. Recently, in Wellington, the clothes of a little girl were found in the dressing sheds at the Municipal baths, and when a search was made she was found drowned. A few. days later the caretaker of the Napier municipal baths was horrified when, after closing time, his assistant discovered in a cubicle, a bundle of woman’s clothes. Immediately a search of the pool an(l of all thp bath premises was conducted, but with no result. The caretaker and his assitant rushed out to the beach and stumbled through the shingle in the darkness, but again there was no sign of the missing bather. The caretaker went to the police, and, on telling them all he knew a constable recollected that he had seen a young woman with an overcoat covering her bathing attire, passing through the town. After a search, her address, was discovered, and the cause of all the anxiety answ.ered the ’phone herself. Her explanation was simple. Not being conversant with the rules of th£ baths, she went out' on to the beach after her dip, and attracted, doubtless, by the splendour of the night, did not return until after 9 o’clock, to find the baths locked up. She knocked for some time, but, obtaining no response, had to borrow an overcoat and go home. No one was more surprised than she when she heard the anxious inquiries as to her welfare over the ’phone.