CREATEST SPENDTHRIFT.
DIES AFTER WEEK'S REVELRY. 'Times' —'Sydney Sun' Special CaUes t (Received Last Night, 9 o'clock.) NEW YORK, October 30. Charles Gates, better know as "Spotlight" Gates, described as the greatest spendthrift in the world, and son of millionaire Gates, died at Wyoming after a week's revelry. The deceased once told an interviewer that he gave £200,000 a year in tips alone. He added? "I am unable to take it with me when I die."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 October 1913, Page 5
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76CREATEST SPENDTHRIFT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 October 1913, Page 5
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