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Letters from Beggars and Suitors Avalanche Millionaire Widow

(United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian atui N Z Hrexs Association.) (United Service) Reed. 10 a.m. LONDON', Friday. THE millionaire, Lady Houston, widow of the late shippings magnate, is bewildered at receiving an avalanche of begging letters from all over the world. She said: “The letters are written in every language, more especially German. Investigations prove three in tour to be impostors. This avalanche is a weariness of the flesh.” Photographs of men offering marriage constantly arrive. Lady Houston sometimes dons a shabby coat and roams Hampstead Heath in the early morning, talking with tramps. ‘■Tin,, +T,,„ir lam one,” she said. “W e have verj ■They interest in think talks.’

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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 1 September 1928, Page 9

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Letters from Beggars and Suitors Avalanche Millionaire Widow Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 1 September 1928, Page 9

Letters from Beggars and Suitors Avalanche Millionaire Widow Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 1 September 1928, Page 9

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