FORTUNE MADE
BY PENNILESS ITALIAN GIRL
The romantic story of a penniless young Italian girl who went to' England to seek her fortune 40 years ago. and is now one of the Wealthiest women’in Condon, is told by Madame Cgletta, who' 1 recently sold the freehold of -the QueetUs Hotel, Leicester Square for over a quarter of a million. Born in Rome, Aladafrie Coletta went to London when’she was ’only 15. Her’first job was with' a tailoring firin', where she made buttonholes ’ for five or six shillings ;a‘ day." •• . Eventually Made;* e Coletta turned her attention/to buying and selling meat and poultry,, going down to the market early in the mornjng. Later in the day she would sell the ’meat and poultry at a profit to L.cndon hotels and restaurants. “I had not had any hotel experience,” she paid, “before taking over the Queen’s. I lost £6OOO in the first year, but L soon altered that.” .. , ; i
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1933, Page 3
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157FORTUNE MADE Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1933, Page 3
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