FRAGSON'S £lOO,OOO.

Mt Benger Mail, 11 March 1914, Page 4

FRAGSON'S £IOO,OOO.

£20,000 LEFT TO FATHER

Harry Fragson, the comedian, who was fatally shot by his father, lias left about JWO,OOO and an insurance policy on his lite, iu favor of his father, lor £20,000 (.stated the Paris correspondent of 'The Dailv Mail' on January 2). For several years past his income is believed to have averaged £12,000 a year. He is not known to have any relations, and it has been suggested that since his father is precluded from the succession by his crime the estate may lapse to the French Government.

J'he funeral will take place to-mor-row, but it has not been decided at which cemetery. The- service will be held as the Church of .Notre Dame de Lorette at 2.30 p.m. A characteristic story of Fragson was told me to-day by the florist from whom he used to buy flowers. Due day the florist's little boy playing in t courtyard caught sight of Fragson and began to sing one of hi 6 best known French songs, "En avant, les petits gars." At once Fragson darted out and, taking his place by the youngster's side, with one of his comical grimaces joined him 'in a series of duets, to the boy's infinite delight and to the amusement of the crowd which quickly gathered at the entrance to the courtyard.

A little incident of the Christinas btifctlo at the General Post Office, which had a humorous side, haa just been unravelled. A Wellington lady who expected a parcel containing wearing apparel from the South Island, was more than surprised when, on hastily undoing the packet, she found a shaving outfit therein, while a bashful young man in another part of the city waa wondering what use a lot of flimsy lace articles were to him. The solution of the mystery lies in the fact that the labels of the parcels were insecurely fixed, and becoming detached in transmission were placed on the wrong parcels. After making inquiries the parcels were at last returned to the rightful owners. Dr Frank Lydston, of Chicago, announced to a meeting of the Medical Association that he had transplanted h generative gland from a dead person to his own body. If the operation proved a permanent success, a cure would be found for Bright's dii- ; ease and arterio-hardening ailments \ due to premature senility. The Hon. J times Allen, Minister of Finance, informed the (Jhristehurch ; Pr'.'ss on Wednesday night that the revenue of the country for the past | eleven months of the financial year had been very buoyant. "As a mat- > ter of fuct," said the Minister, " the returns made up for the month just | closed show that the increase in the I revenue for the 11 months of the fin- j ancial year now completed, over the corresponding eleven months of last year, is £432,197. Of this, increase no i less than £266,706 came in February, ; this being chiefly due to the payment Of the income tax." The revenue gen- I erally, he indicated, had been more than up t 0 expectations, with the exception of the railway receipts, which had fallen short because of the upset to trade and traffic caused by both the strike and the epidemic of smallpox in the north.

Edward Cavill, a brother of Kichurd Cavill, the famous Australian swimmer, died from exhaustion while attempting to swim Seattle Harbour. He had got three miles across the water, in the face of a cold, strong wind. After swimming for an l.our and tea minutes ho became unconscious. The doctor declares that he w/is literally frozen to death. The circulation was so retarded that ike heart stepped.

A candidate for admission to the Old People's Home at New Plymouth recently told the secretary of the Charitablo Aid Board that hj« had won £15,000 in a Tattereall's sweepstake, but had not yet received the money, because "the Lord had not appointed a day." H« was given 2s 6d,