BROKEN ROMANCE
-MADE HIM A Mik'ivil LONi)UN, Doe. Du. His nmihoi* s iein.su l to permit Ins marriage to tne girl or Jii-. cii-Jico enangi u the ciiarueior <•; .Ur. Joimtlian .Michael Brown, former ‘.•solicitors merit, of v'ncif r».t;u, M am-.s-worth, who died aged 3D. he la came a miser. His will was proven testerday . He left £30,020. yir. Brown, six leet tall, bcaructi, walked miles out of ins way every day to get a cheaper tram ride to his oflice. His home was lighted by candles. His colleagues called him the Green Man, because cf the musty green appearance of his only suit, reputed to lie dO years old. To his housekeeper, Miss M. KL Lovosay, who has been with him lor more than 30 years, he left £'2ooo in war stock'. No one knows where his money came from. Bundles of £o9 notes were found lying round his house after his death.
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 15, 25 March 1938, Page 1
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153BROKEN ROMANCE Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 15, 25 March 1938, Page 1
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