Mr Charles L. Fair, who was killed by a motor car in Paris, was the son of the lato Senator Fair, tho silver magnate. Ho had had differences with his father, ■who died in December, 1894, leaving Charles only £IOO,OOO in his will. Tho young man contested tho will, and was successful in securing a third of tho deceased magnate’s fortune of £4,000,000. Mis marriage in 1893 to Miss Maud Thomas was marked by ono of his displays of eccentricity. A cabman was tho best man. and tho “wedding breakfast” consisted of a bottle of beer, which the couple shared between them.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4824, 29 November 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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