DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 176, 25 June 1935, Page 5

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.

CALL; AT THURSDAY ISLAND. YACHT’S SWIFT DEPARTURE. Douglas Fairbanks arrived at Thursdav Island recently in the palatial million-dollar yacht Caroline, accompanied by Lady Sylvia Ashley and Miss Maureen Carew (chaperone), but tile yacht made a sudden and mysterious departure, says a Brisbane report. According to the captain’s story, the yacht was cruising in the Pacific when suddenly, in response to a cablegram received wliilc lie was at Fiji, Fairbanks issued instructions to make full speed for Thursday Island, in the hope of connecting with the Taiping or Cliangte. and there transferring himself, Lady Ashley, Miss Carew, a lady’s maid, and a valet aboard for Hong Kong. From there he hoped to connect with a fast steamer. The mystery lies in whether Fairbanks is making for Britain, because Lady Ashley wants to {jet there in a hurry, or whether lie is making for San Francisco in response to some message related to Mary Pickford. From Hong Kong lie would be able to secure a speedy passage to either place. One thing is certain. Fairbanks had no intention of remaining when the Caroline wet to Thursday Island. She merely took on water and oil. Small boys on Thursday Island, who showed an inclination to “barrack” Fairbanks and Lady Ashley, were, according to Thursday Island people, reprimanded by Fairbanks, who pulled down deck screens to hide the party from prying eyes. The Mayor (Alderman Corran) refused to call on Fairbanks, saying: “It was his business to call on me.”