NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 10 August 1927, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

* SY CABLK —PBJ3BS ASSOfU AVION— COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Aug. 8. The “Daily Alail” says, apropos of the recent Paris convictions of Communist spies, that it i.s learned that the information they were conveying to the Soviet Embassy was vitally important to the security of France and included plans and details of the latest French gas masks, tanks and tractors. It iis established beyond doubt that Moscow sent men and money to France to obtain from State employees the national defence secrets. The Parts correspondent, of the “Daily News” s,a.ys that, judging by models exhibited 1 in the winter fashion displays, dressmakers definitely refuse to further shorter. skirts. This, coupled with the Paris women’s equally definite determination not to* revert to the sweeping trains of twenty years ago, has resulted in a coin.promii.se bringing peace with honour to both sides .i.n'i the form of fur-trimmed “plus fours” drawn into the leg well below the knee. They will be worn with a kind of short tunic belted at the waist. sideJbu toned and furnished with sleeves and a stiff, high collar ornamented with frills of lace.

The closing of Conn hill and Lombard Streets has created the worst traffic jamb in history. Despite the efforts of the .moist experienced traffic officers, vehicles steadily piled up in streams and wanted nearly an hour. Motor, buses; lorries, taxis and ears wore wedged in an unbroken stream hallway across the. city. Five-minute bus journeys occupied an hour. it was necessary" continually to change the, routes to* quiet streets no wider than ordinary vehicles, which are usually prohibited to traffic. They were crowded will day. The streets will be closed for several days, constituting the gravest problem vet tackled. MADRID, Aug. 8. The Bishop of Geromv has interdicted mixed bathing. Alii who. do not obey ihe Church’s command in this matter are warned that they will be refused the benefits of the sacrament.