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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22136, 14 December 1933, Page 6

The sudden death at Simla of the 86-year-old IS) ah ant of Nathwara, the millionaire head of an important sect or Hindoos in Northern and Western .India, was stated to be due to emotion following a reconciliation with his, son and heir, whose friendship with * dancing girl at Delhi had long caused him anxiety. The Maliant travelled to Simla and ob-

tained from his son a written promise to give up the girl, but the strain he had gone through was so. great that he died the same' day. Opinions were divided whether the eon was a suitable person to inherit hie father’s wealth, estimated at from £10,000,000 to £15,000,000. The right of appointing a successor was in the hands .of the Vaishnava sect, and

15..,,'. I they have decided, provisionally, in favour of a; grandson of the late Mahant, who, I being a minor, will rule through ft ■regency council. Colour blindness is more prevalent than is generally supposed; 10 per cent, of the British male population arc at least partially colour blind.