REAL LIFE ROMANCE,

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12912, 14 July 1936, Page 5

REAL LIFE ROMANCE,

AfAX WHO A LURRIED TAHITI GIRL. FOUND FORGETFULNESS AND A FORTUNE. A real-life romance of the South Sea Islands was revealed by the publication of the will of Air. John Augustus Philips, who left property in Great Britain valued at £34,741. Air. Philips, who was 75 when he died last November, was described as of Alurea," Society Islands,’ and of Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands, and formerly of Onslow-square, Souc.i Kensington. His bequests included: An annuity of £IOOO to Mata a Amara; Au annuity of £2OO to his waid, Frida Arana fcairca; ! Tho residue of his property in various trusts for his sons 'Llewelyn Philips and bis daughters Jeanne Maevahia Rule and Marjory Jeraiieia (otherwise Tevahinetepairuteraireia) Gilmour. “FORTUNE A SURPRISE” “Ho left for the South Seas mniiv years ago,” said a relative, Air. W. Morton Philips, of Eaton-place, S.W.,' to a Daily Mail reporter. “There was a mystery about liis reason for going, but it is said that; it was due to a youthful love affair. : “I understand that be traded in the South Sea Islands, fell in love with a native woman, married her, and settled clown happily on Alurea.. “I am surprised to hear that he hacl so much money. From what I know of him he was a man content with the simple things of life.”