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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1958.
PEOPLE
in the news
Buganda King's Peace KRUGLOV
Feeler To The Church
King Freddie
KATE IGNORED
Rome.
ATHARINE HEPBURN
sa
By JOHN REDFERN
Kampala.
BEATS
THE
THE Kabaka of Bugands, ruler of nearly RACKETEERS
1,000,000 Africans, is making "peace feelers" to Anglican Church leaders who were shocked by his reports that he was considering ending marriage to his stylish young queen, Damali, so that he could wed her younger alster Sarah Kisosonkole.
First thing he did when he returned from an official visit to the Sudan was to drive to Namirembe Anglican
Cathedral-where he was married and crowned-und take part in a thanksgiving service,
Moscow.
A Weekly China Mail Feature
Aga
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Khan Money Surprise
Hundreds Of Millions? They Never Existed
By ARTHUR BRITTENDEN
London.
I CAN reveal that the
late Aga Khan left far less money than any- one imagined. As a result his family- among them his son, Aly Khan-may be faced with heavy financial problema
Reports have put the estate of the Aga-who was 79 when died last July—at anything
up to £200 million. They are wildly off the mork,
The truth is that hi assets round the world were no more
of
denth duties in
Y gum, there's. a scandal than £5,000,000.
nor-
years to a fund for Yasmin, normally cut away 70 per cent. daughter of his former marriage In Elre, home of some of th to flm star Rita Hayworth. inest bloodstock, His assota havo Today he is facing a court Jeulised not more than £100,000. action In the United States And death duty will be charged brought by Miss Hayworth. She un that at 41 per cent. claims he has not paid her legal The Aga had other property cxpenses for arranging for and investments in Switzerland Yoamin to visit him in France and Africa. in 1955. £1,080.
The sum involved
Money freeze
On
But the biggest part of what he willed his heirs is in India.
That is why the Nehru threat. could strike so vitally at tho
The Begum too has financial final value of the Aga's estate...... trouble
her hands. Her and shatter the popular idea of money in Egypt has been frozen, the Apa as a palatin - among until a dispute is selfled with a men of richer. contractor who built the Agn's This idea was built up on the mausoleum there.
bellef that when the Aga's. The Aga's advisers are still followers put him on the scales working out exactly how much against his own weight in dia- he did leave.
incnds and platinum they were offering there tributes to him personally. Untrue,"
But by now they have a clear enough picture for it to be stated confidently that he was nowhere near being one of the world's wealthiest men.
As their reckoning goes on, il ndds fresh confirmation to what
in Red Square opposite the around £2,000,000.
the Ago's case his be split among his widow, the lifetime That some
Kremlin, have been buying themselves Cars out of money died from the cus-
But in
be sinshed much are fercely. For India's Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, is seeking to grab millions of pounds in back-far out of what the Aga left.
The
Batuum Moscow buzzes, levied at different levels
The late Aga Khan-
Not known Racketeers in Russia's most different countries would famous shop, which stands mally be expected to slice away pay legicles and duties.
offerings were purely. The other two ports were to the Aga admitted in his own symbolic, With the money the of the Aga had to bulld schools, estate may
Begum (she to take one-eighth) "grandiose esilmates" of his hospitals, and social centres for and his two sons, Aly
then collected the and money-worth were so inaccurate his people, Srdruddin (each to take hit of hat "not one nought but two at tents for these buildings. the remaining seven-eighths).
The late Agu's grandson. the end should be knucked off." That would have put Aly' and In England-where the pubile Karim, who inherited the tile, continue to maintain Sadruddin in line to inherit built up a picture of the Ago as must something rather
like £1,000,000 each a man fabulously rich from race- these propertica.
ព lite course coups he left
What the late Aga may haya from
But, if Premier Nehru's tax over, £600.000. His only properly settled on Karim (son of Aly Khan by his former marriage to raid niceeeds, they will be faced an hotel converted into
the Mra Joan Guinness) before ho instead with a crushing burden,
Before his father died. Aly Ismalli Maslems. agreed to pay 188,000 dollars (about £38,750) a year for 14 Agg left here, death duty would will Karim collects not a penny.
Damali was not with him. But his appearance intomers. the hilltop cathedral, centre for the 200,000 Anglican Christians in the country, is taken by Church people as implying that the Kabaka has finished his "flirtation” with the Moslems.
When I was reported that he was considering séparation from Damoll. a story
circulated In Kampala that he Intended to embrace the Moslem religion, which has 100,000 adherents in Bugando.
The rumour gained force vrhan King Freddie went on n 10-day visit to the Sudion, Recompanled by his uncle, Prince Badru, a Moslem lender.
His crisis
So far, the young ruter has
about his continuing loyalty to the Church.
But there are signs that the Kabaka hrs gat over his own crisis. He was glum, withdrawn, nervous before he went off to the Sudan.
He has returned smooth and smiling. He is a languld young he experly ongwers man, the greelings of the crowds of Kabaka fans who wait for every public appearance,
"It is quile like old times," they say in Kampala, as they gel a quick smile from their
ignored suggestions from both slight. Immaculately suited British and Africans that he ruler. should kill the rumours con- .cerning Sarah and clarify the
situation.
at Home Airport as passers- by chatted with the three @ends who were with her- Ignering Miss Hepburn.
Belleve me, I'm getting kick out of being ignored," said Kalir. "Hasn't happened In years."
It is not, really. These days, Queen Damali is never ut her husband's sile when he attends
But his prompt attendance of publle functions. She remain the cathedral abated the fears in the Mengo Palace behind of Church leaders, Rome of the elephant gross stockade.. whom were fearful of a crisis if their-leading lärman--were-to- "go aver" to Islam.
If the Kabaka lapsert. from Christianity he would certainly take with him lhe fanatical pro- | Kubaka element in the Anglican
congregations.
18
The Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr Geoffrey Fisher), who
of the Metropolitan
Uganda Church, still waits for formal Freddie assurances from. King
A British Crossword Puzzle
2
ACROSS
Eoak up (0),'
7 Beastly quarters (4)
9 Couple to support) (5),
10 Chuich, doc.rine, perhaps
(5),
11 Noble title (4).
4
DOWN
2 Gallant redskin (8).
3 Here's a loller al' list! (5).
4 Whopper
(3, 3).
a golfer dblikes
5 Foreign rebel perhaps (8).
6 Toller of "4" maybe (4):
Like Dr Fisher, she is in the
The whole sad conspirbey has been unveiled by an Essiducus inverior and former employee of the shop by the
name of Vassily Kruglov.
Vicious cut Success for Mr Nehru would lund a vicious cut on the money left available for the Aga's heirs. The racket Was gloriously In his will the Aga laid down simplc. Says the newspaper that his estate should be divid Izvostia, Reporting the scandal: ed into three parts. "Gloamy, inted-quality stuf errives at the store's warehouse.
"Worehouse racketeers, sco- ing no strangers around, label the stuff first quality and pass on to the sales people. The difference resulting from the pocketed by the regrading is position and merit.' racketeers according lo their
NEW MACHINE
Back in 1964, Vassily Kruglov Invented a new "vill machine" to slep the racket and repulr the holes in the net.
This machine, says Izveslin, "pounced on the two-legged warehouse rats as effectively as a rat-trap whenever they put their hands In the customers' pockets.
lit made their work easier. But, "The bookkeepers approved.
at this point, Kruglov's bpis in dum's
machine calculating
dark about the future.
of apart In a different set ments at the palace her sister station and a deputy chlot book- Surah lives quielly too.
The Stork
Dries Up
A Darts Dinner
keeper came forwardi and claimed the invention was theirs also.
The prize that Kruglov had Split was now been awarded three ways. This pair then wrote a magazine article describing the Kruglov machine and not even mentioning him.
pro-
"Kruglov, undismayed, ested to the Inventors' Bureau. Back at Gum they managed to arrange tests which discredited the machine, and in no me at
Kruglov found himself dla the course missed in
of staff reductions.
One part was earmarked to
The Tinke
BOOT FOR
THE DUKE
д
centre for followers of died is not known,
From such on estate as the
BEGUM CARRIES
ON THE FIGHT AGAINST NEHRU
From DONALD WISE: Srinagar,
THE "Brute of Kashmir," who keeps order for Premier Nehru in his puppet State, beamed at me from among the roses in his pretty bay window. "I have had special canes made for my policemen to uso on boy rioters," he Enid.
he explained.
No plebiscite
по
He fears that, if independent, the State would be grabbed by up Russia or China, which march with 14.
But from his grandfather's
Nehru
The Begum la carrying on the
"They are polo mallets with selves independeator-Into
They
jump On people's the heads sawn off." And that, Pakistan: Nehru has leadfastly
chests to make them confess explains why the sullen refused them one.
IN Although there
one they are in the pay of Pakistan. Mostems of Kashmir (77 per
call foster to condemn Britain and I have seen men stagger back. cant of the population) Mehra Sahib, the Inspector the West when their strategic bleeding and broken," General of Pollas, the "Brute." neads are in question, Nehru 'He is misunderstood, He is sits firmly on the backbone of
Grat-cinas British-trained Kashmir because he neods fight where the "Lion" had to leave off. Her phone is tapped, policeman who genuinely be strategically. fleves that his innovation
she says, and her mail is held kindly. Normally his police
She is allowed no contact. men use steel-Upped ataves
with her husbend and does not called lathis, oft. long, They would be loo painful for boys," If Kashmir voted itself into know where he is being held.
The Indians are doing their Pakistan he fears would eat o London.
precedent for other Mosler best to win over the people. PHILIP got the
claims elsewhere in
money pours In. India. Food and PRINCE
Nehru is staying in Kashmir for Troops are kept mainly out of "Order of the Bool" Trom
Little
the villages and are this are keeps.
well when he university students
gestures Ilke accompanied the Queen on not appreciated by the three Nehru's orders to handsome behaved. six-hour four of Leicester re-million cowed Kashmiris, how- Mehra Sahib are: "There musi Mehra Sahib assured me that cently.
Nor is Nehru's 90,000- be no trouble. People must not there are now only 39 people The
garrison in
without "Investituro"
full battle
trial (under shocked strong
even start thinking of trouble, detained Gumm
But the It was order.
Begum Abdullah, the sull existing British Emer- the university dignitaries,
and warchearsed, the unexpected
Gurkha soldiers trot through wife of Shelich Abdullah tha gency Regulations, he was quick LEORGE WOODWARD, the trade union commitee of
part-time barman at the shop were surprisingly calm in and watchful Palace officials and the fields of poppies in the Lion of Kashmir," whom Nehru bo point out) are 70 others
lovely Vale of Kashmir and the rearrested a Saracen's Head, was pulling o Decopling his exile," says police were taken by surprise.
Izvejlla,
It happened as the Prince was voice of the cuckoo is drowned me:
the engines of Sherman and his following the Queen in a proces by Your wife
"Soon the inventor
university tanks. nino-and-a-half- machine
forgotten in lon of civic and were
the from dignitaries Cum."
But Kruglov was resolute and university building,
As the Prince paused to smile pe.sistent. He had his machine tested by the magazine Inven- ni ...the boisterous, cheering tion and the Research Institute students who Uned the route of Trade and Public Catering.
Excellent references followed. The Committee on Inventions declared Krugloy the inventor.
BY PETER WHALEY
London.
a plut when he got the news: "You're a father. has had pound boy."
Upstairs in the ballroom, the Doris League Annual Dinner was going on.
NEW ORDER
"The director of Comrade Kamenev,
Brd
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מונד
one of them stepped forward with an enormous old black leather boot.
He bowed and said: "On be-
Twenty-six-year-old George, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire. tilted his head and listened for calls for beer. All he heard were the after-dinner speeches. "So now," says Izvestia, "do (half of the Yeti Club, 1 mest away with bookkeepers using respectfully ask you to accept the abacus. Put Kruglov this boot which automatically machines in all department makes you a member of our stores. You will save millions club," in economies."
Perhaps, he thought, he could Just dash home and seo his kon. He would fit it in between the speeches and the drinking session following After all, a man
didn't have a son every
day.
20 MINUTES
So George hung up his glass cloth and nipped smartly home, where he kissed his wife, looked at his son, agreed, "Yes, we'll call biru Timothy," and
back to his bar.
raced
It all took just 20 minutes.
But the 70 thirsty dart throw-
But so far only the workers of
Consumers the Pushkin Co-op are using the machine-- this "blow against the knights of regrading.
LATEST ON MARGOT
8. A large amount of hoarders had grown thistler and mors DAM
AME MARGOT FONTEYN,
Handed back
earth is this?"
the
ever,
ודיי
Ing
fortnight quo, told gaoled for palitosi offences.
But maku no mistake. Nehru the police Interrogation is running a Police State centres Sikhs strip suspects and Kashmir. That is the way li plebiscite, the iron their bare flesh with red has got to be," a top Kashmir would vote them hot irons.
government man told me.
萜 Given Kashmiris
Sweetheart Of Kai
Tak
Now In Fifth Avenue
By DAVID T. K. WONG
b
New York.
TN the plush New York headquarters of BOAC works Henrietta Wou, the riti
the plush New York sweetheart of Kal Fan Wou, smile had greeted thousands of travallers flying to and from Hongkong. The Princo was puzzled. He glanced at the Queen disappear- Henrietta, had worked as a rietja for she is "ying to visit fourth in n family of seveý wotk ing ahead, took the boot, and ground hostess for Hongkong Hongkang and misses mact of doughters, ave of whêm said with a smalle: "What on Airways for nearly five years all the Hongkong social Hff, The, for international airlines, Wil night- the exception of one sister In before she came here towarthy girl who used bo Cicatro Robinson, 17-year the end of 1980 to win hrouds clubbing "at least twice London, all of them aro in Naw. old student studying mathema and chiara passengery for BQAC week" In Hongkong is being York. ties, watched the Prince examine at the New York International dompaliestach. She hasn't boch Apart from cooking, Henriettą:
boot in detall, and then Airport. But now she is been to a single night club during has reading as a hobby. |explained:---
given a desk joy in the Ctm the 18 months she has been in reds an average of two novels "To become a member of the mercial Planning and Tarifts Now York.
a week Yeti Club, you have to be given pepartment, anch I wanted to
NIME TO LIVE
She is at present planning to Loudon.
the Order of the Boot, and Wow why such a
charming “I work from nine to Ave sludy foreign languages und hope you will honour us by Chinoso light is belig, hidden every day and then. I have to child psychology at night school who has just celebrated her accepting this old boot."
roder & bushel
travel-15 mi on n crowded go that she can get (degrés The Prince, after looking at 11.
IRREGULAR HOURS qubway in ni hapo” she said. and be qualinos to teach it sho that she is handed back and said: 13 Occupant of a haunted house! So finally they all walked out 39th birthday in London talked
it's should ever want to do 20. "Ive only because 1 can't cope I pook dinner, abe ther to the public-house opposite, about the rumours
cannot take it now, You had taking with them the entgr- planning to retire.
Apart hours," dimost, timo för bad." |with "the" -Irregular
from working 14 They're put up to be knock-tainers they had looked for the to retire sometime, she said.
"I just said that I would have better koep it for me."
Donostiation "In Hongkong
\POÁC,. Henrifita, baa, alici dono Young Robinson explained Henrietta suld evening.
skulk (come high fashion modelling, "That docan't have to be now, later that the Yet! (Abominabla there is no night flying, but is out "Henriella's culinary
24. In her apartment at Kow Gar-helping to populatian soche, da Browman) Club has about 20 Now York plants come in And by the time George got does it?"
todens which she shares with her the dresses ono mess on Fifis back, they had all gone.
"Babies? I absolutely refuse student members whose aim iscurs a day and we have
jeungor, sistor she makes the Avenue, But hotel manageress Mrs to discuss it. It is a private to brighten life at the university, tolate our shifts.”
Henrietta's office, overlooks most delicious sirloin rooster and Four of the Wos sigfors And that giant boot? "fi Clare Hoefkans, herself a grand-matter belaveen my husband and
now married, and in ense any- came from the American air fashionable Fifth Avenue, that charcoal brolled steaks myself"
said street of dreams full of oxclum, quite proud as my gook Lody in: Hongkong, is berrylog mother, understood.
Humour had it that Dane base at Bruntingthorpe." She said, later: "He wanted Margot, now at the peak of her Mr Hobinson Wa Baked the sive shops and Impressiva sky-ing" zhe mla. "With all the torch for Henrulla, I've got bac Area, 17 Abol, is Image, 10 Burvive, 21 Eam, 720 Dyers, 21 to do his new baby and I can career as a dancer, had decided | officers to help and they mugi maapene, well-drowed men, azidi : modern, Spawonlonogą, i 1. "have pewa fog: hằn, Henhytta ihoppas jasrnick, to, orkour, cooking, long to be mirand so i te one Action, 25. Anote, 20 Méicht: Down 1 Milih Seza, 2. Gulliver, imagino, ils excitement. I'm a leave the stage after this piled one size 12 which had bright bosome women ds.
absson, at hac quaband's request, lonred, 20
Nathan Villab that apparently does not Heartatta in a formar mhudhani kutum
13 Soldiers of the Queen (10).
15 la twice in the river (4).
10 cord of Scotland (4).
19 Where people live (10).
22 A Journey to make
Bumble (4).
24. A team's remark (8),
25 Parcel out (0).
28 Client's right (9).
27 Yourssit (0).
one
(5),
12 Heels over (8).
(5),
od down (8), ·
17 Get on ond's feet (5).
18 Eindry pétungern (8),
20 A supporter of art (8).
a1 Elevating bind (3),
23 Sleepers support it (4).
SATURDAY'S CROSSWORD-Acrom: 1 Haggle, 4 Smack,
7 Galley (proof), 8 Cross, 10 Skis, 12 Ardiclb, 13 Villa, 16
impatient while George was out.
3 Lies 5 Morrlage, o Castle, D Frame, 11 Silvered, „12 Alive, very gled he went home like he * 13 Crbaliye, 14′′ Earnings, 18 Bunyan, 23 Act9.
to start a ferallý,
Howard,