EVERYTHING WAS INCLUDED,

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 November 1908, Page 1

EVERYTHING WAS INCLUDED,

fare, hotel, *' and travelling expenses. There was at that ?lty and. elsewhere any number of persons apparently' willing to travel ronnd the world at this ch-Mip rat?, When asked how such an advantage could be offered at so low a jpri.-e, it was explained tkat some 'famivlite which had experienced reverses had qbustitutett a fund pne hundred years ago, the interest pn ft'hipji now amounted ,to more than £4,000,000.- The public , were earnestly requested to hurry up .nxtcl occur© thJ&b -._Cv_x.nt_.R» «.£ tliiA wonderfuj opportunity. Hundreds of people did hurry up, and the shU! trigs for. tnis marvellously cheap world's tour came pouring in so rapidly that the promoter of'the scheme actually had .to open an office to r eeive all his customers, lie was taking in money all day, and the departure of the first steamer of excursionists was fixed for November lst, and a notice to that effect was posted up in a conspicuous piace in the office. For sonis unfortunate reason, however, the meddlesome police got directing their un'■welcome eyes towards tliis glorious' concern. Thoy found that no "steamer had ever been chartered, and no,funds were ever 'eft by- 1 nyhody for any such purpose. The only funds that existed at all in connection with the affair were thc