WIDOW OF RAJAH
The wealthy widow of the Rajah of Pudakota, formerly Miss Mollie Fink, of Melbourne, is working as a saleswoman in a store in Fifth Avenue, New York. The Ranee has a fortune in London, but, owing to the restrictions on removing money from England during the war, it is necessary for her to work while in America. She went there so that her son, Marthanda, who was injured in a car accident, could receive special treatment, and she will have to remain for six months because of the stipulations on the form she signed before leaving London. She is anxious, however, to return to London to do war work. The hospital in which she was working was destroyed by bombs, but there are other hospitals, she said, and she wants to help.
The Ranee met the Rajah when he went to Melbourne on a health trip in 1915, and after their marriage they lived in India for some time. They also had a villa at Cannes and. a house in London. The Ranee has liquidated
all her Indian holdings, and has invested cijl the money in British securities.
Miss A. E. Lorimer, formerly analyst to the Wellington City Council, has left New Zealand to join Miss Jean Begg, who has been appointed by the British Government to organise war service work for uniformed women in Egypt.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 43, 20 February 1941, Page 8
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