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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY,

PARK LANE DEBT RIDDLE

A mystery man of high finance, Mr. Siegfried Wreszynski, provided a fresh mystery, when notice of a receiving order made against him was announced in the "London Gazette." When, with Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Norris, he leaped to prominence with a secret method of "thawing" Germany's frozen currency, his per- sonal fortune was estimated at millions of pounds.

For months Wreszynski and Norris puzzled the financiers of Europe as their deals in German bonds flowed into millions.

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Their methods were secret. None} The bride's present from her hus- but they could handle the business. band was a large 80 carat blue and

white diamond. Then while the world was watch- ing and wondering the mystery men's story became charged with

romance.

Colonel Norris and his wife dis- solved their marriage and Mrs. Norris became Mrs. Wreszynski.

The wedding reception at the Hotel Splendide was carried out on the millionaire scale of bridegroom's desis.

BRIDE WORE JEWELS WORTH £100,000

is Mrs. Wreszynski

a Swede, daughter of a cement merchant, and at one time an actress.

Her Park-lane home was hung with priceless pictures. She was noted as a generous and popular hostess.

Her husband carried about with the him always a costly gold pocket- case containing a beautiful minia- ture of his wife.

Their marriage did not interrupt the bridegroom's business associa- tion with his wife ex-husband.

Photo s Hồng Kong

man. debts the CE ssful in 19 more difficult.

EXPELLE

Colonel Nor.

The bride wore diamonds and precious stones worth £100,000; her flowers alone cost hundreds of Three days after the wedding Mr. pounds. Forty magnums of cham-Wreszynski and Colonel Norris France, where pagne were served to the forty-two were sitting together at the same home with his guests, who came from all the great board table. finance houses of Europe.

The financial operations in Ger-

Ice skating stars, Miss Daphne Walker with Mrs. Ian Currie played tennis on the ice at Wembley in a doubles with Miss Pame- la Stephany and Granham Sharp. Miss Megan Taylor, the world champion, was umpire. Photo shows Miss Megan Taylor acting as umpire.

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The Vauxhal 40 m.p.g.

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And it has Hydraulic Br chromesh and features.

Bringing Up Father

WHY-MOTHER-WHAT HAS HAPPENED?? YOU'RE AS PALE AS A GHOST - WHO WAS IT. ON THE PHONE?

IT WAS MR D VIDEND OF THE BANK-HE SAID HE MADE A BIG MISTAKE ABOUT JIGGS HAVING A HUNDRED THOU- SAND DOLLARS IN THE BANK-,

BOY: JUST THINK- HAD ONE HUNDR THOUSAND IN TH BANK AND DIDN

KNOW IT-

WHAT'S WRONG?

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MR D. VIDEND HE WAS

UP AND SORRY-BUT IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE ON YOUR ACCOUNT IN ' THE BANK- AND HE WANTS YOU TO CALL

AND SEE HIM-

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