NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16895, 27 November 1925, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

NO LONGER \ VAMP. LONDON, Nov. 15.—Theda Bara lias returnee! Ic> the screen as u light 1 comedienne', says a Saif Francisco message. BAN ON BARE LEGS. LONDON, Nov. IS. —Birmingham's 14-yoar-old ban on flic exhibition of female bare, legs,has forced Pavlova, the Russian star, to clothe girl dancers in her ballet in tights and sandals. ' COIN FIRM ED IN GAOL. x LONDON. Nov. 11.—Samuel Johnson for the alleged murder of a girl, preferred a wish In be confirmed. The Bishop of Manchester complied, and conducted a special service in the gaol. fob public’health. CALUUTT:'.• Nov. lib- The late Sir Surcndrapath Banerjee, formerly a mern Iw of the Bengal Government, ho q neat lied property worth £IOO,OOO for the improvement of the public health of Bengal, while his soh get, 3 only £f/£0 and it house. ANARCHISTS’ DEN. CALCUTTA, Nov. 15.—A timely police mid on a lonely house a few mile? out of Calcutta revealed a well equipped anarchists’ den, containing a bomb, much bomb-making materials, and incriminating papers. ' The nine men arrested are believed to have been “wanted” for some time by the police. JILTED GIRL. USED A QUEEN’S PHOTO. BERLIN, Nov. 10.—The Courts ordered a girl who had been jilted by her fiance to pay damages hecauso she enclosed the Queen of Ronmania’s photo- . graph when answering an advertisement in a German matrimonial newspaper. DUEL TN FRANCE. FAP.rS, Nov. 10—A duel was foUght at Gras«e, in file South of France, between tho rival editors of two local newspapers. Two shots were, exchange without damage to either of the parties, and their honor was declared to be satisfied. The duel arose from violent quarrels in the columns of their respective newspapers.