HOAX ON TITLED LADY
MANY UNORDERED GOODS. An unknown man, by a series of telephone calls, recently hoaxed a number of West End business firms into sending representatives and goods to the house of the Marchioness of Huntly, in Grosvenor Square. The door bell rang at 10.30 a.m. Within a few minutes it had rung several times, announcing the arrival of the representatives of a well-known firm of jewellers, a firm of dress designers, a shoemaker, a beauty specialist and others. In motor-cars the representatives brought with them jewels, dresses, coats, shoes, creams and lotions. There was dismay among the gathering when they were informed that the Marchioness knew nothing about it; that she had not asked them to call. They returned to their business houses taking the unwanted articles with them. “It is all too stupid,” said the Marchioness. “Two of the firms know me very well and, of course, they sent along immediately. I cannot think why anyone should do such a thing. These people said that they had been instructed by my secretary.” A representative of the dress designers said: 44 The whole thing was quite evidently done for a ‘joke.’ A man’s voice that spoke to us on the telephone requested that frocks and other goods should be sent to the Marchioness * housa-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 460, 29 December 1930, Page 8
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