TWO GOATS AND TWO BLANKETS .sx GANDHI'S EQUIPAGE FOR HIS VISIT TO LONDON .sx The " Daily Express " understands that Mahatma Gandhi , the ascetic " saint , " politician and leader of the Indian Nationalists , true to his ideals of the simple life , will travel as a third-class passenger in one of the P. and O. liners from India to attend the India Round Table Conference in London .sx A passage has been provisionally booked for August 15 , and he is expected to arrive in London in the first days of September .sx Accommodation is also being arranged for two goats , which will provide Gandhi with the milk which forms his principal diet .sx Gandhi's luggage will consist of one spare loincloth , two blankets , and a vast quantity of documents .sx He is understood to have discarded all ideas of appearing in England in Western dress .sx Elaborate plans have been provisionally made for him for an extended tour of the English industrial centres .sx A large number of trade union organisations throughout the country have invited him , through his English representatives , to address meetings to explain his policy and methods .sx FUN AT A LEGION TATTOO .sx PANTOMIME ARTILLERY HORSES .sx " Daily Express " Correspondent .sx SOUTHEND , Monday .sx Southend British Legion's tattoo at the Kursaal football ground to-night included a number of amusing items which gave comic relief to what was otherwise merely spectacular .sx There was a burlesque artillery drive by members of the Legion , in comic opera uniforms , with pantomime horses and gun-limbers .sx The horses bolted when the guns went into action and were laid out by their own shells , while the gunners were laid out by the recoil .sx A bugler sounded " cookhouse , " which quickly brought them back to life , and they made a hurried exit .sx Thrilling gymnastic displays were given by a squad from the Army Physical Training School at Aldershot , including a club-swinging display with illuminated clubs .sx Members of the British Legion , in seventeenth century uniforms , gave a torchlight figure march .sx At the end of the programme , as the clocks were striking midnight , the vast concourse rose and sang " Abide With Me , " and the buglers sounded the Last Post .sx PYJAMA GIRLS ARRESTED .sx JERSEY DECLARES WAR ON BEACH SUITS .sx THE ISLE OF THE UNDRESSED .sx " Daily Express " Special Correspondent .sx JERSEY , Tuesday .sx The police of Jersey , the Channel Islands holiday resort , have declared war on beach pyjamas .sx Strict watch is being kept in the streets of St. Helier , the island's capital , and any girls wearing costumes which are considered immodestly diaphanous are taken to the police station and severely reprimanded .sx I was walking through the main street to-day when I saw a policeman take a holiday-maker in custody .sx Her pyjamas were of a delicate pink , and of the flimsiest material the weaver has ever devised .sx A crowd of young men and girls followed her to the police station in a triumphal procession and waited outside while she was cautioned .sx In several cases similar warnings have been given , and stronger action may be taken if immodesty prevails .sx The authorities have been anything but strict in their treatment of holiday-makers , but Mrs. Grundy has been so offended by some of the recent costumes that they have had to step in .sx No holiday resort has been so flooded by with pyjama suits as this island , where holiday-makers are less harassed by rules and regulations than in any other place in the British Isles that I have visited .sx The streets of St. Helier at midday look like a Lido scene in a spectacular musical comedy .sx Any woman wearing an ordinary frock looks out of place .sx Morning coffee is always taken in pyjamas .sx The cafes and restaurants of St. Helier are filled with the gayest of colours .sx I have seen the inevitable Lido suit in cinemas , in shops , in trains , and even in ballrooms .sx The majority of these care-free maidens from city offices , from the cotton mills and from the factories look extremely attractive in the scanty costumes which they make their sole wardrobe during their stay in the island .sx But I have seen some which are frankly indecent .sx It is against these that the police are taking action .sx GUERNSEY - PARTICULAR .sx The island authorities have no grudge against beach pyjamas as an everyday costume , but they object to the diaphanous suits that some girls wear , and insist on a bathing costume or some other form of underclothing .sx Guernsey , the sister island of Jersey , is more particular .sx Sermons have been preached against the modern woman's latest choice as pandering to immodesty , and when one girl ventured in the main street of the town positively shrouded in bathing costumes and other garments surmounted by a pair of pyjamas a letter couched in the most violent terms and signed " A Christian " appeared in protest in the local newspaper .sx Eisteddfod Poet's Uneasy Crown .sx BARD'S GOLDEN CIRCLET .sx BUT HIS HEAD WAS A BIT TOO BIG FOR IT .sx EISTEDDFOD HERO .sx " Daily Express " Correspondent .sx BANGOR , Tuesday .sx THE Crown of Gold awarded the chief poet at the National Eisteddfod here to-day was too small for the head of the winner .sx It was a beautiful crown decorated with a glittering jewelled harp , but it did not fit the poet's head .sx The Arch-Druid , the Herald Bard , and the Recorder of the Gorsedd in turn endeavoured to press it down , but the crown sat uneasily .sx The crowning ceremony , however , was conducted with great dignity .sx The bards , in robes of blue and green , followed by the Druids in white , marched in stately possession to take up their positions behind the Arch-Druid and the jewelled mystical banner , the bearer of the Great Sword standing sternly by .sx The sound of the trumpet signalled the approval of two adjudicators , Professors L. J. Gruffydd and Dyfnallt .sx The third adjudicator , Dr. Moelwyn Hughes , disagreed with their verdict .sx INSPIRED BY FOOTBALL .sx There were twenty-four competitors , but only three were outstanding .sx The best of the three used the pen-name of " Morgan .sx " " Where is 'Morgan' ?sx " demanded the Arch-Druid .sx Far back in the popular seats a young man stood up , and there was a hearty cheer as the audience recognised the winner to be the popular poet Cynan .sx The poet was the Rev. Albert E. Jones , of Penmaenmawr , who is becoming famous as a dramatist and was recently appointed by the Lord Chamberlain as the Censor of Welsh Plays .sx The Keeper of the Great Sword and the Herald Bard went to lead the successful poet to the stage .sx The audience rose in a body to cheer him as he walked through their midst .sx " Oes heddwch ?sx " ( Is there peace ?sx ) rang out the Arch-Druid's challenge , as the assembled bards held the half-sheathed sword over his head .sx " Heddwch !sx Heddwch !sx " ( Peace , peace ) came back the answering shout of a delighted audience , and Cynan was declared to be the crowned bard of the year .sx He derived the idea for the winning poem from the Rugby football match at Twickenham , and the introduction by him of several football terms is calculated to cause a flutter among the Welsh poets .sx PLAGUE OF BEARS IN FINLAND .sx CATTLE KILLED IN FARMYARDS .sx HELSINGFORS , .sx Tuesday , August 4 .sx Large numbers of bears have appeared in various Finnish districts near the Russian border , and are killing cattle on a wholesale scale .sx Farmers are helpless against the beasts , which have become a real plague , particularly as they are so daring as to carry out their depredations right up to the farm houses , and even in the farmyards themselves .sx In many cases poor farmers have had their only cow killed and eaten by the bears .sx Even in Petsamo , the popular tourist centre in northern Finland , which is much frequented by English and American tourists , bears have killed cows and sheep in the past few days .sx - Reuter .sx NIGHT-FIGHTER AT SIX MILES UP .sx ELECTRIC CLOTHES FOR THE PILOTS .sx A new night-fighter airplane , which is said to be the fastest night-fighter in the world , with a speed of more than 200 miles an hour at a height of three miles above ground , has passed its flying trials .sx The new night-fighter is armed with two machine-guns , and also carries a load of bombs .sx Electrically heated clothing and oxygen breathing apparatus are included in the equipment for use by the pilots in the cold and rarefied high air , and there is electric light and heating .sx A powerful supercharged Armstrong-Siddeley " Jaguar " engine enables it to climb to a height of four miles in less than fifteen minutes , and it can climb to over six miles or more than 30000 feet above earth level .sx THE SHIP OF GOOD CHEER .sx ALL LAUGHED ON REACHING LONDON .sx Dockers and other waterside workers turned from their work in London docks yesterday to watch a strange visitor , a three-masted auxiliary schooner , poke her white bowsprit into their company .sx No cargo booms swung from her masts , and her rigging , even to the masthead , was almost draped with young sailors - all laughing in happy abandon .sx " Another blinkin' mystery ship , " declared a docker .sx " Yer - the Flying Dutchman's return , " answered his mate .sx The mystery of the ship's identity was solved when a " Daily Express " representative went up the gangway and received a snappy salute from the quartermaster .sx She was the Annapolis , maintained by the State of Pennsylvania to train young officers for the American Mercantile Marine .sx The executive officer explained that she had just arrived from the Azores , had lost a spanker boom on the way , that the ninety cadets aboard sign on for two years , that they are taken after competitive examination , that their parents maintain them , and that they can qualify for a third mate's certificate .sx " Port watch goes on liberty after the captain pays off , " shouted an officer , and fifty young sailors , taking their first look at the world's largest port , came from the rigging and masts at monkey speed .sx DEAN IN DISPUTE WITH VICAR .sx " IF I WANT YOUR ADVICE I WILL ASK FOR IT .sx " - The Vicar .sx " SPIRIT OF SHEER OBSTRUCTION .sx " - The Dean .sx " YOUR attitude is entirely unworthy of a shepherd of Christ's flock , whom you have the dastardly impertinence to describe as pests .sx " This passage occurs in a letter sent by Canon Payne , Rural Dean of Leicester , to the Rev. S. Shannon , vicar of St. Luke's , Leicester , in reference to the latter's refusal to marry a couple on Monday , Bank Holiday , and insisting that the marriage should take place on Saturday .sx Canon Pain wrote offering to take the wedding himself at St. Luke's or to take any duty that Mr. Shannon had , so as to free him from it and enable him to celebrate the marriage .sx " NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE .sx " Mr. Shannon refused , and , in one letter , said :sx - " I know the Leicester people who attend no church are a real pest to the clergy of Leicester in wanting their own way when they have to use the church the two or three times during their life , i.e. baptisms , weddings , and burials .sx " In a subsequent letter he said :sx - " You have no right to interfere with my parochial arrangements .sx If , at any time , I want your advice I will ask for it , but I will not allow it to be forced on me by you or anybody else .sx " Canon Pain then wrote :sx - " You refused to take the wedding , not through inability , but in a spirit of sheer obstruction , and so gained a petty triumph at the expense of these poor , simple-hearted folk .sx " I shall not let the matter rest here , for your attitude in this and other respects is entirely unworthy of a shepherd of Christ's flock , whom you have the dastardly impertinence to describe as pests .sx " HOLLYWOOD OFFER TO COLIN CLIVE .sx " JOURNEY'S END " STAR AND FIVE-YEAR TERM .sx Mr. Colin Clive , the actor who is now playing in " The Crime at Blossoms , " at the Playhouse Theatre has received an offer from an American syndicate of a five-year contract to make films in Hollywood .sx " Negotiations have been going on for about six weeks , " Mr. Clive told a " Daily Express " representative last night " and now the Universal Film Corporation have cabled me offering me the part of Frankenstein in their film of that name .sx If I am to accept it I must sail on Saturday for Hollywood .sx My contract with Miss Gladys Cooper does not expire until the production at the Playhouse is taken off .sx