Mrs Meyrick Had Amazing Career, But Over-Confidence Brought About Her Undoing.
WAS MAKING OVER £IOOO A WEEK FROM HER NIGHT CLUBS.
CUnited Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received January 31, 12 noon.)
LONDON, January 30. NEWSPAPERS THIS MORNING give startling figures of Mrs Kate Meyrick’s fortunes, amassed in ten years in associa-
tion with night clubs. It is stated that she contributed to ex-Sergeant Goddard at least £IOO a week.
In 1919 she was assisting her husband, an Irish doctor, to run a nursing home in Ireland. She left him with eight young children to rear on 15s a week. In a few years she was able to invest £27,000 from one club alone. She sent her sons to Harrow Public. School and her daughters to Roedean and Girton. Two daughters married Peers, Lord Kinnoull and Lord de Clifford. Mrs Meyrick’s income in 1928 was estimated at over £IOOO a week.
Her secret service was equal to Scotland 5 ard s. She employed ex-detectives in the disguise of various street callings, to give warnings of raids. She became over-confident in admitting strangers to the “43 ” Club, which led to her undoing. Lnited Service.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18674, 31 January 1929, Page 1
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