ROUND THE GLOBE

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 2, 10 September 1927, Page 5

ROUND THE GLOBE

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS HERE, THERE, AND ETERI WHEEF '■Wanted a Bath. New York, Aug. 28.-—A judge ruled That cleanlines was l next to godliness .in the case of a youth charged with having broken into an apartment to take a bath. W* • • Log Shows on Trams. London, Aug. 28. —The Mayor of Ilford has objected to an Alderman’s proposal that cross seats should he fitted in London Hramcars to prevent embarrassment to bashful men who sit opposite short-skirted girls. The Mayor says “legshows” are a great attraction on the trams, which are a heavy burden to the taxpayers. nr' 9 w « v No Pay, No Fight, . London, Aug. 28. —Sir Percival Phillips, the noted war correspondent, who is in China, reports that a gunboat squadron at \\ oo.sung flatly refused to obey an order to go to Chinkiang to check the .northerners’ advance, unless the cora'mander made it worth their while. After haggling, the sailors accepted £7599, and obeyed. 99 • • lie Was Gambling. i Chicago, Aug. 28. —A nation-wide search is being made for Harry .21, who is believed to have murdered his wealthy mother, who had com- ■ plaiued to him about his gambling debts and offerd to do anything to give him a start in life. It is reported that Hill watched his mother’s funeral from a distance. His father, Dr. Hill, who was divorced from the mother seven years ago, has engaged lawyers to see that the boy gets a fair trial. »* • •

Bathing Dress a Joke. Ballarat, Aug. 27.—Writing from 'Finland to relatives in Ballarat, Mr Baden headlam states that he and his travel companion, clad in conventional bathing gowns, found that it was not the custom for the Finns of either sex to wear bathing costumes. When Mr Headlam and his friend ventured into the sea gowned, they were the cause of much hilarity among the local bathers, » « » Lost, and Found. ] Ballarat, Aug. 27.—During _ the week-end appeal by the Commercial Travellers and Bankers in connection with their £IOOO charity campaign, one of the committee-men missed his gold watch. He was one of a group on the comedians’ lorry, and in the belief that it had dropped during the courseo f the day’s itinerary, it was decided to (re-traverse, as far as memory served, the course taken by the lorry .during the day. The watch was recovered at tlie istarting-point of the (tour, where it had lain in the mud near the street channel for three hours. * * * A Blazing Inferno. Edmonton (Canada), Aug. 28.—The (Far North is a blazing inferno. Scores of forest fires are raging over a thousand mile stretch. The driest ■ summer recorded has left the forests like tinder. The little settlement of Fort Fitzgerald, and the buffalo reserve, containing 80,000 i bison, are threatened. Trappers have been burned out, and are seeking new territories. The winter fur , trade will he affected. At Winnivpeg Mrs Capes and her three childiren, whose ages range from one to five years, were fatally burned 1 when their farm home caught alight. Three other children were rescued by their 12-year-old sister, who was unable to give the alarm to the rest of the family. W * ft “G.O.K.* Sydney, Aug. 31. —Miss Janet Mitchell, of the Thrift Department of the Government Savings Bank, .who ; has just returned from a tour of the United States, told of one of her tamusiug experiences in America, at i the Victoria League “At Home” this (afternoon. One distressed couple (appealed for help, saying that they could not make their money go far enough, and Miss Mitchell advised the wife to make a balance sheet for the month. Although the balance sheet was accurately made, there were various sums, which were simply marked “G.0.K.” When questioned, the woman told Miss (Mitchell that the initials meant “God Only Knows.”