SQUEEZING COLONIAL ARISTOCRATS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1987, 11 May 1885, Page 2

SQUEEZING COLONIAL ARISTOCRATS.

, teift -JiiwFir* lanj|e|'. (jt liolcjej: pf considerate ■V n PS anil tjie p|her a Yjctpniuj yagarjes fyiya Qflce tjeffflg {HFiPtI fofilj for sjariffoMrp declared to Enough the • %lltQ)nb gM£, pfiyotlie Lflffifdn cor* respondent, of-the Dunedin Star, The former dropped.£4ooo at ecarte to the sharper known .'.publicly as Mr 'Q, This game took place at Q.'s rooms. Mr M, (the Queenslander) thinks now ho was semi-drugged. At the tiino he felt Bin. gularly silly arid stupid, but' , put it dowa to the effect of port'wine, to which he was He wan. annoyed with Jpsf .iifamMds ffiv kiiig:a!). pch iTiontf at oimlui-jlitt liid WjfafeMj foul play (111 -the 1 part 1 df hiii ; iifiaM aild aristocratic host. il • The otlior case, that of 'is far more sbrious, 1 Mt Z tool him ill hand anil ' dW't let the pip? old foul go till'lie ■ 1 md I 'sq\idpiietV iVo- fes| titan £IB,OOO oiit of hiin','' 1 Z'iii l 6atly assisteij- in his more' private by'llis wife, whoni' lie encourages to gS iill Bigths wlfli tti»se whdfti 'hW wishes to ' W'jfchtHif iik s 'heir k'-couii nevepJi&ye Uiideil g|y' } pouni Wi& *my : ciirefeliy jiiaiiriet)■'ld''molt skilfully'carried 'oiifc. J-flid t' s Wt thl# victim" abroad at Spa,' lira % plfcyed the tlie unloved,' unapPK#! PSfJWI&I PS jjegjimipg' tp 'appreciate® charm of pretty Zs maiiner "and'hep fitfViPUa ''peiMwi' fiir l)in)self, % 2 &Mm& thoy lviu'e (lps fit BG&P* borough, and must' leave Spa lintneiately, Of course, Sir S aocojiipanied them.to Yorkshire, Z's first intention was probably to squeeze his victim at cards. Sir S, however, had been brought up in a.good school, and wa?ltaite sharp enough not to lose much at |jtblingwith a player flo consistently successful aa Z, Mrs h'Hip fjjil map unfortiniiifely tvuettrj implicitly,' fkemiVit&d'wkV )e4 him ou till he comprised lVpiibliiji thon in private. WheuZ'sdwiSt to opeli his eyes and break in upon their amorous dallying, thc situatjoii would admit of but one 1 ilit'umrcflltihnr • Hjj 'played tlie mi jurorl atid'iiiiplMilblo illM'l fes.': ti'on.- Mrs'ZHva's sunt '.'liJi.ne fopr mother,'Snd a firiri' of laWiis'Coiiimilin-' ratetj V#-Slr'S." ■'Tho^iijd:mdh l: 'WaV M wMefW ■?#r #I»S »!}'• ipppnHenr in divorce smt. Moreover,".' flierCi w,is hja own wife. "|Io sougjij; out Z'aiid ji'riweq .fijr'jijei'cy, At first fee mmi KllMlilll: ft? infeM hp y»l g(iip« ' t bvy damages" opppefl pr Wife and hpp.pr, there wag nothing to live fop but money, He should estimate his injuries at £30,000. Sir S, as everyono knew; was' an enormously wealthy man. Of course, a lot'of bargaining followed, and Z got a;cheque, some say for £IO,OOO, One thing,- however, is certain; Z (first and laBt) made fit east £IB,OOO ppp pf t]ip cplpnlal- knight. Tjie latter admits that # -Oiily.paiis 01 the couH^ : been made public. ' The 'yelSon I' givenj||p : pju|)'()]]g,'. • J -»»