A FORTUNE GONE
RACING MOTORIST’S ESTATE
Uniter) Press 4 wociation—By Electric Telegraph—Uopyrigh t.)
LONDON, December 13
Investigations following on the death of Sir Henry Birken, the ralcing motorist baronet. cabled ton May 22, have revealed the astonishing disappearance of a fortune of over two million" sterling within eleven years. Sir Thomas Birken, the father of the racing motorist, died in 1931, (leaving £137,825, while 'Sir Henry Birken, the third Baronet, left only £6439. The original Birken fortune was bade by the first Baronet, a Nottingham lace manufacturer, who died in 1922.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1933, Page 5
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91A FORTUNE GONE Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1933, Page 5
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