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Hokitika Guardian, 12 July 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. EGYPTIAN PRINCE SHOT. particulars of tragedy. A BEAUTIFUL MURDERESS. LONDON, July 10. Fuliiny Bey, who was found shot in his rooms at the Savoy Hotel, was 23 years of age. His wife is 32 years of age, anil is a striking beauty. They had been married for less than a vein. She dined with her husband yesti rday evening at the Savoy, and apparently they were on the best of terms. The tragedy occurred alter midnight. A member ol the night staff, bearshuts, hurried to lie* Prime’s rooms, lie found the Prince outside in the corridor in his night clothes. He died before ho reached the hospital. There was a Browning pistol on the 1100-. and bullet marks were on the wall oi the corridor. There also were bloodstains on the Princess’s evening go an in the bedroom. When charged, the Princess sat in the dock in a state of collapse, weeping bitterly. A police witness said that the Princess’s doctor told him that the accused was about to go to a nursing home for an operation. A FATAL INFATUATION. LONDON. July 10. The late Fahmy Bey first met his wife at lhe Hotel Majestic in Paris. They were mutually attracted, and were constantly together. The Frenchwoman, however, left Paris suddenly, and the Prime abandoned the hope ol Seeing her again. A few months 'eier. while walking m front of Deauville, he again saw her. and confessed lis love for her. Eventually lie woe her consent to their engagement. Returning to Egypt, lie secured the consent of his family to the marriage. The Frenchwoman journeyed to Egypt, ami was presented to his relatives, and she agreed to become a Mohammedan. The marriagw was at Cairo, in December last. It was a most brilliant affair, hundreds of guests being lavishly entertained. The first month's honeymoon was spent in the Prince’s r;.laee, oil the banks of the Nile. ImPrince and his wife were prominent at Luxor during the Tut-Ankh-Anioii Mason, and they entertained Lord t nrnarvon. The Prince's income is - 11matcr to have been C100,(100. lie was a generous supporter of charitable and educational institutions in Egypt.

A NOTORIOUS SPENDTHRIFT. (.Received this day at 9.-13 a.niA LONDON. July 11. Fahmy Bey was a notorious spendthrift and his father left In’s entire fortune to him. lit- soon dissipated it and lie had been for months borrowing on the security of his Egyptian estates. lie possessed a most luxurious house in Cairo, and was fond of jewellery which he displayed ostentatiously. He was vain and ignorant and became the prey of sycophants. Though usually styled the Prinee lie did not possess a. title. FOUND DEAD. LONDON. July 10. A. P. Bon os-1,.v0n. a sell known city ..lock broker, and nephew of the Earl of Strathmore. wa< lonia! shot dead at the steering wheel ot hi- motor ear near Woking, with a shot-gun at his lent When leaving hi- father's lonise for a drive lie said lie was not well. THE DOCK ERS’ STRIKE.

LONDON. July P‘. All the dockers at Orim-'bi and Liverpool have resumed. Eleven thousand are still out at Birkenhead. Fifty vessels are held up at Manchester where there are •.IPU strikers. LONDON MEN ST A) oFT LONDON. July Id. The dockers: are returning to work at the lower rate in Liverpool. Grimsby and Cardiff. The strikers in London hate de< iJed to remain out. STORMS ON CONTINENT. LONDON. July Id. Violent thunderstorm- are icported from Lausanne, Geneva and the Smith of France, where the crop-, were ruined. BETTING COMMISSION. LONDON, July 11. The Secretary ol the tinti-Iletring League, giving evidence lietoie the Betting Commission suggested it thete was a betting tax. newspapres should bear u share as they all'orded great facilities for getting odds advices, without which betting could not be conducted, lie would not he prepare'! to suppress early sporting editions, hut would exclude selections, hotting tips and track sprints. Thousands betted solely upon newspaper inlormali„n. The tax should he based on the amount staked, not on the odds laid.

AN UNFORTUNATE ENTANGLEMENT. 'Received this day at 8.30 n.m.) LONDON, July 11. Bowes-I.ion was aged twenty-tour. Ho left letters revealing an unfortunate entanglement v. mi a young woman, and it is expected that the evidence : il He inqm-t will lie ot a. startling (harm ler. He left the dinner table

in evening dress, apparently intending lo make a 1-ist rail on the lnd.x - ID- family had noticed his extreme

depression and were in a state ol anxietv but Were unable to do anything t' 1 avert the anticipated disaster. a paying ritorosmoN. (•Received this day at 0.20 a.m.) ATHENS. July 11. \ strange story was revealed el a Greek olficci who had twelve wives all living in tile city unknown to each other. when Captain Constantino V;,ssis was charged before a court martial as a deserter. Hr eonf.-esed that lie had married- a fre-h girl annually and that he first married "hen he "as a corporal, stipulating that the wife must have sufficient money and he sllllal.el to his rank. He v.as satisfied wit!, a dowry of Lull) a year, but later he assumed a higher lank and asked for a larger dowry with each new wife. Thereafter he promoted himself at each annual wedding, always asking a liighei dowry. When arrested he had just married a society girl with a dowry o! £B.m

COMEDIAN' DEAD. LONDON, July 11. Obituary Albert Chevalier. the comedian.

BEIT FELLOWSHIP. LONDON. July 11. Cedric Hicks of Dunedin has been awarded the Beit Eellowship. SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE. (Received this day at 12. h> p.tnD LONDON. July 11. Hon. A. Amorv informed the House of Commons that the Government of the Straits Settlement had decided to acquire whatever sites were needed for a base at Singapore, and aerodrome, which would be handed over ns a free gift to Britain,