FALL OVER A CLIFF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21018, 6 May 1930, Page 9

FALL OVER A CLIFF

• DEATH OF LADY HALDON. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, May 1. A boy told the Brighton police on Thursday that he had seen a woman fall over a 100 ft cliff at Black Rock. A search ’revealed the body of an elderly, well-dressed woman, whose identity was a mystery till to-day,, when Lord Haldon identified her as his wife. He said he could not account for her going to Brighton, but she had been suffering from sleeplessness. The Daily Express reveals that Lord Haldon has had an adventurous career, including doing manual work on the Australian goldfields. When he inherited it there was not a penny piece attaching to the title, and for some years Lord Haldon continued to be-known as Lawrence Palk. He went to Australia in the hope of rebuilding the family fortunes. Afterwards he served in the Imperial Yeomanry in the South African war. When he made money on the goldfields he went to Sydney,'where he qualified as a mining engineer. He rejoined the army during the World War. Lord and Lady Haldon had -been living at Brixton iii poor circumstances.