THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 17, 1938
JEKYLL AND HYDE
HYDE IN AMERICAN
BUSINESS
Startling Revelations Follow Drug King Suicide President Of Big -ALFONSO'S Eric Boon
Corporation
An Ex-Convict
New York, To-day.
What is alleged to be an astonishing case of a Jekyll and Hyde personality was brought to a startling climax yesterday when Donald Cos- ter, known as the "Drug King," shot and killed himself in a country mansion at Fairfield, Con- necticut.
Coster was president of the vast McKesson, Rob- bins Drug Corporation, the third largest drug corporation in the world, which filed a volun- tary petition for reorganisation on Dec. 8.
It is now declared that Coster
was an ex-convict. His suicide fol- H.K. IN LINE
lowed a week of amazing develop-
ments.
SPANISH
CITIZENSHIP
RESTORED
Burgos, To-day.
Full rights of Spanish citizen. ship have been restored to ex- King Alphonso by the Spanish Nationalist authorities.
This revokes the decree passed in 1931, when the Republic was established in Spain and the King left the country.
However, he has never an- nounced his abdication.-Reuter.
R.H.K.G.C. TO BUILD NEW CLUBHOUSE
New British Lightweight Champion
London, To-day, Eric Boon, Blacksmith's assistant from Cambridgeshire, last night won the British Lightweight Box- ing title when he knocked out Dave Crowley, the holder, in the sixth round of their scheduled 15 round [bout, at the Harringay Stadium,
London. Reuter.
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COURTNEY SUSPENDED
TO DECEMBER 31
Courtney, of the Middlesex, who was given marching orders last Saturday during the Senier Shield A proposal to celebrate, the jubilee game against South China "A" ap year of the foundation of the Royal peared before the Emergency Com- Hong Kong Golf Club in 1939, by com-
:
was
It is alleged that the Corpora- WITH NEW TRADE house, was made by Mr. G. S. Archbutt, suspended till December 31, for
tion's crude drugs department was built up with $18,000,000 of fieti- tious assets.
AGREEMENT
The Federal authorities on Tues- The "Gazette" contains the draft day this week ordered the arrest of of an Ordinance to amend further Coster, together with the Corpora-the law relating to Empire Prefer- tion's assistant treasurer, Diet-lence.
richa, and the Canadian manager, The object of this Bill is to re- Vernard, on a charge of filing false duce the percentage charge of the
financial statements.
oppon-
mencing the building of a new Club-mittee last night when he Captain of the Club, at the annual "threatening to strike an meeting held yesterday in the Board Room of Jardine, Matheson and Co. Mr,
ent." The other, charge of "deli- thusiastic interest he had taken in the dismissed. Archbutt, who was thanked for the en-berately kicking an opponent" was Club, was again elected Captain
The financial position was stated to
be very sound. It was revealed that, proceeded with, Mr. K. S. Morrison due demands, there would be no water and remarking that he had gone to unless the refugee position made un-proposing Mr. Archbutt as Captain shortage at Fanling, where more rain great trouble with regard to the plans special licence fee on motor vehi-had fallen than in Kowloon.
of the. new Clubhouse, and had all the PUBLIC STUNNED
cles of other than Empire origin There were present at the meeting details at his fingertips. Police investigation and finger from twenty to fifteen and so to im- Mr. G. S. Archbutt (Chairman), Lieut.- Mr. Geare, seconded, and the motion prints officially revealed to stunned plement the Trade Agreement be-Messrs. 1. H. Geare, R. Young, J. A.
Col. E. D. Matthews. (Secretary), was carried with acclamation. Wall Street and Society circles tween the United States and the D. Morrison, D. J. Gilmore, K. S. Mor- that Coster was in reality a con-United Kingdom, which was signed rison, A. E. Lissaman, F. J. de Rome vict, Philip Musica, who was in-at Washington on the 17th Novem-(Committee), and many members. volved in a vast financial swindle ber, 1938, and which applies to the The motion was passed. when the United States Hair Com- Colony.
New Officers The election of officers was pany collapsed in the Great War,
The fingerprints also revealed that Vernard was one of Música's brothers.
PAST COMPLETELY HIDDEN
Coster had hidden his past so effectively that "Who's Who” listed him as American-born with univer- sity degrees, while he was actual- ly the son of an Italian barber who emigrated to New York's poverty- stricken East Side.
The suicide of Coster occurred in his bathroom at the moment when the authorities arrived on the doorstep of his mansion to arrest him.--Reuter.
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COORDINATION OF DEFENCE IN INDIA
New Delhi, To-day.
A new post, that of Secretary for Co-ordination of Defence, has been announced.
Mr. D. E. C. Williams, a member of the Indian Civil Service, has been appointed to be attached the secretariat of the Governor- General. Reuter.
RUPEE EXCHANGE
New Delhi, To-day,
the no inten tion of allowing the present exchange value of the rupee to be lowered.
Government of India
A communique staw Mat
Reuter.
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