NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1923, Page 1

NEWS BY MAIL.

— etn.OOO-A-MONTII GIRL. BERLIN, May ■>■ A prettv girl with plenty ol money and immensely rich parents in the Argentine is a prize which many a Berliner would like to secure. Therefore -Margarote Ebhardt, who is certainly proi i.v and undouhiedly stated lh a . die had an allowance of £IO,OOO a month, had dozen- oi marriage offers. Her serious character was one ut her attractions. She was. she explained, so anxious to help others less fortunate than herself that she had come to Berlin in st utly medicine. Owing, perhaps, In the occupation nl the Ruhr, her monthly allowance from tin* Argentine did not .always arrive in lime, and naturally -he lountl one or oilier ol the men who were alter the CIO.OOO a month only too reads to i brow a sprat to ealeii a whale and lend to her half a million nr so of marks. Then Marge, iv ic disappeared and her -.inters appealed to the police. They traced her. and explained in the disappointed suitors that she was a <orv;mt wlm formerly had a Mtu:d ion in ;i !L r!in suburb. It i>* not surprism that she I mind it more auituiuo- io I;t* a dollar lhau :i maid of all work a! £'] a year ami all found. WONDERFUL "LOVE.” I.OX DON. May .T. At Marlho rough-street yesterday, George i.cliniaiin, 32, an insurance broker, wiiose address was given as ihe Grand Hotel, Xort humberhimlaveime, W.C., was charged that as ail alien be did not furnish His change ot address. Doled ive-Sergeaiil Garrard said the man was charged at (he Old Bailey with obtaining money by; worthless cheques and acquitted. .Mr Ka-i v.dtiil. defending, said l.ehm urn le t been sullering from ■■Swollen head." Ilis lather had been Mavor oi t 'ojieniiagen lor ten years and still held the position, and one of bis uncles had been Secretary ol Slate in Copenhagen. Lehmann was about in hcenme engaged to an eminently respectable Ktigiisii girl, and lIn■ engagement was approved by the girl - pcsple.

Tile Magistrate: I think she ought to he informed of his career. Counsel: She knows oi the facts ol

the ease. The .Magistrate: AH I can say is love is a wonderful tiling. (Laughter). Mr d'Kyncuurt sentenced Lehmann io throe months' hard labour and recommended him tor expulsion. BOGUS BAG OK GOLD. LONDON'. May !). A British business limn recently returned from Itu.-.-ia walked into the piivate ..dice of a licensed dealer in gold in tli-.* Wot I'Mi*l of Loudon last week and dumped a heavy bag on His (able. * ■ Ili re it is.” h" si id v . it ii an assured air. “ and I Inn e tiulb of it altogether.” “ What, is 't ” asked Hie dealer. “ Gold.' said his visitor. "I sent vnu a .-ample ter your assayei's from Riga." The dealer looked curiously at the glittering contents of the hag. “ Gold,'' he said. ‘‘ I don’t see any gold here. Where is it “ Here." insisted the business man. "ami according to your assayei's' report it is 'X, per - 4*iiL pure.' dealer shook his head, and picked up a broken fragment. “ Brazier's alloc." he said briellv. ■ • I'm tli.. .-ample I -it,l vmi was taken by me myself." pretested 1 ' visitor. Did veil sea! it yolir-ell : " !"' asked. •• 1 liaadcd it 1" the otic, r limn io seal." . , .. \|,< •• sa i,l 1 1,,, dealer reliccl ively. .. | . ni , afraid the -ample which reached me ivii- not Ihe sample you picked out oi' Lite bowl.” .Nor was ii. The business man hud been taken in by a link which is new ia >nit as old as the gold-inming i, dusirv in the i’liitcd States, where tli,'. fraud I-, known universally tit'' " guid. hriek " swindle, lie had imught lor itt.f a worthless ma-< ol fragments carefully prepari'd iroin an ailu\ used hv tirass-w orki'l s.