A SWINDLE EXPOSED

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 3 July 1907, Page 3

A SWINDLE EXPOSED

LEADER MASQUERADING AS HIS HOP COWIE'S DAUGHTER. London, July 1. The Daily Express reveals an alleged kwlndle conducted by Airs Elizabeth Horne—who represented herself as a daughter of the late Bishop Cowie, of Auckland—Mrs Catherine Christie (aged 80), and a negro, who formed a syndicate and worked London and Paris for yean, with the object of developing 52,000 square miles of Madagascar and securing timber, gold, precious stones, and turns. The project was conducted in the name of charity. Every investor was sworn to secrecy. Solicitors' inquiries have revealed an official denial of a yrench Government concession. Per Press Association. Auckland, July -. In connection with a cablegram this looming, it is important to note that Bishop Cowle had only one daughter. who married Sir Marshall, a resident of the Upper Waikato, and she is still living there. The woman referred to moat have been merely a, person poking as the daughter of the late liishop Cowie.