MADAGASCAR CONCESSIONS
A PECULIAR BUSINESS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 0, 12.20 a.m. ■ London, March 5. Evidence regarding the Madagascar concessions shows that Home, who was separated from his wife, declared be was not connected with the scheme. Mrs. Home did not appear in Court. Lady Blount, who had interested herself in the concessions, afterwards denounced the scheme. There had been unearthed a mysterious personage named Bunn, described as the original possessor of the concession, but who turned out to be a street pedlar instead of the owner of millions.
William Burdett, cab l proprietor, is suing Mr. and Mrs. Home, alleging that they defrauded liiin of £3590 in connection with larfd concessions in Madagascar, wliich, tlioy ''said, were worth £ 1i0,000,000. Mrs., Home is a leading spiritualist, and is knou.'i as the "Queen of Madagascar."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 254, 6 March 1911, Page 5
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134MADAGASCAR CONCESSIONS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 254, 6 March 1911, Page 5
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