NOT TO "LUCKY JIM."

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 107, 7 May 1940, Page 9

NOT TO "LUCKY JIM."

HIS FATHER'S WILL

DAREDEVIL NOT NAMED.

LONDON. "Lucky Jim" Lawrence—the man they cannot kill—who has survived an air crash, spills On the famous Cresta Run, and other daredevil adventures, does not receive a penny under his father's £183,000 will. Hie father, Sir Walter Lawrence, the building contractor, died last November. He has left most of his fortune to' hie two daughters and one of his sons, Guy. Mr. Walter ("Jim") Woollard Lawrence and his brother Fat are not mentioned. "I think you ©an leave oufc the *Lucky Jim' now," Mr. Lawrence told a "Daily Mail" reporter. "I was on most intimate terms with my father, and worked with him.in the same office," he added. "I cannot possibly explain it, except that a man can do what he likes wich his own money. I was not engaged at the tame of my father's death, and the will is not a very pleasant wedding present." Mr. Lawrence if to be married to Mies Elizabeth Corcoran, the young actress, who appeared in "Follow the Sun," with Claire Luce. She gave up the stage, as she decided she was too tall, and became a successful photographer. The couple became engaged on New Year's Day. He is now governing-director of the building-business founded by his father, who was a well-known sportsman. Sir Walter and his son "Jim" flad similar tastes. Both preferred action to "hanging about." It was Sir Walterwho brightened county cricket by offering the yearly 100 guineas for the fastest century of the season. "Lucky Jim" Lawrence and his two younger brothers are known ae the "Fraternal Triumvirate." They once challenged any team of three brothers to a squash racquets match and beat allcomers. "Jim" was the only survivor of the United States air cra.sh in February, 15)38, when Lord and Lady Plunket and a I pilot were killed. I In his car he raced France's crack Blue Train to Cannes, a distance of 720 'miles, and came in an hour ahead.