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D.S.O COLONEL'S FATE.

SUICIDE AFTER VISIT TOUL THEATRE

MONEYLENDERS BILL. COMMITTEE'S NEW DRAFT.

NO COMPOUND INTEREST.

The amicide of a D.9.0. colonel, who,

The Joint Select Committee of the two in the words of the corouer was Houses of Parliament, which was preaid- man of brilliant parts and great ability, whose downfall had been due in part cover by Lord Darling, has now coni- to ill-health but in greater part to a pleted its examination of the money hopeless, uncontrollable lust for alcohol, lenders bills introduced by Lord Carson which had cost him his position, his in the House of Lords and by Mr. Wells hopoar, wife, children, and money," in the House of Commons. A composito was investigated at a Westminster in measure, something similar to which, if quest on August 11th,

introduced into the Hongkong Onli |nances, should be of great service, em- bodying amendments deemed necessary by the committee after heuring evidence. has been prepared and printed.sk

The officer was Lieut. Col. Robert Harman Mackenzie, D.5.0., M.C., and he was found dead in a bedroom in Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, on August eth, with an Army revolver in his right. band.

It is proposed that every moneylender Ire Elizabeth Ellen Mackenzie, of should be compelled to take out annually. "Mimosa," Begaar, the widow, said her excise licence at a cost of £16 in hie husband was 39 and n civil engineer.own name, or in the case of a company They were married in 1913 He was for society in the name of the responsible called up with the Territorial Royal manager. If he does business nsa Engineers and served in Franco moneylender in any other name of at any throughout the war. He received the other place except that in respect of D.S.O... M.C., and Croix de Guerre for which he is licensed he is to be liable to his services.

a penalty of £100. Still heavier punish- meat is prescribed in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, as the bill would empower the court to order imprison- Iment, with or without hard labour, for

three nonths. It is provided that certificate must he obtained before n licence is granted from a magistrato in. the Metropolitan Police district or from judges of the petty sessional courts elio- where.

After the war he drank somewhat more than before and seed to change towards heri They separated last October and she obtained a divorce last April.

The Corener::Was that beenus of infidelity and cruelty 7 Because of in- afelity, not cruelty.

She knew his financini affairs had recently been causing him considerable anxiety. There were two sons of the marriage.

£3,000 COMPENSATION.

A solicitor appearing for Mrs Mac kenzie asked if she could suggest why her husband started drinking heavily last year, and she replied: "He lost his job at Mears. Armstrong's, which was worth £9,500 a year! He was hrad of the civil engineering department there."

The Coroner: Do you know why he lost his job-No; I understood he re- ceived about £5,000 compensation.

Mr. Peter Kay Stapleton, s. male nure, said he had attended the colonel on two occasions this year. The colonel had occasional drinking bouts, and waa attended by a doctor..

The Coroner: How much did he drink in a day-One bottle of whisks. I used to divide one bottle into two and then fill it up with water. Hic always thought he was having two bottles

The colonel never slept without drugs, but he had never heard him threaten suicide.

FELL OUT QE A BOAT.

Once at Maidenhead, Colonel Mack razie fell out of a boat, and when he returned home and went to bed he said: "This is better than being at the bot tom of the Thame

On Thursday morning--the day of his death--the colonel seemed quite as usual, was shaved, had some food, and went to bed again. When a friend. Mrs. Hill saw him she said she did not like the look of bim, and they tried to get into touch with the doctor.

Before they could do so, however, Colonel Mackenzie naked for a lemon squash While Mr. Stapleton was get ting it he heard an explosion, and look- ing into the bedroom he saw the colonel with blood streaming from his forehead, Answering a solicitor, who appear- ed for Mrs. Hill, Mr. Stapleton said that Colonel Mackenzie on the day be fore his death had seen the play, "Rain.

The Corner: Oh, I know, a most depressing play with a suicide at the end of it,

FIANCEE'S EVIDENCE Mrs. Kathleen Irene Hill, of Ken sington House, Bedford Park, W., said that she had divorced her husband and

was engaged to be married to Colonel Mackenzie in October when his decree was made absolute. They first met last October. She did not know anything about the colonel's married life... He told he be was getting a divorce. She played no part in the divorce pro ceedings.

Answering the coroner, Mrs. Hill said the colonel was a great victim of malaria and she was with him daily

When these malarial attacks came on

The bill prohibits the issue of money- lending circulars, except in response to a written request, but allows a money- lender to insert advertisements. in newy-" furs: His registered name and address; papers containing the following particu

a statement that he lends money with or without security; and a statement of the date on which the business carried on by him was first established. The. employment of agents or canvassers in forbidden, while it is also proposed to make it illegal to charge any preliminary expenses in connection with a loan

Where interest is charged in respect of the sum actually lent exceeding 4 per sent. per month, of the corresponding rate in respect of any other period, the court is directed, unless the contrary is Proved, to presume that the interest charged is excessive. Application may however, be made to the registrar of "a county court, before the contract for a loan is entered into, to dispense with this limitation of interest. In no case is com pound interest to be charged or allowed. An obligation is placed on a moneylender to supply information as to the state of a lean if requested to do so by the borrower, and in case of default in the payment of instalments the lender is not to be entitled to recover any greater sum than that actually lent, together with interest at the proper rate.

The above are the chief provisions of the bill in its new form. The measure cannot be further discussed until the natumn, and, unless taken up by the Government, is not likely to get through the House of Commons this year.

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The Duc d'Orléans has addressed to the Duc de Luynes, who had defended him in the Eclair against the charge of being reconciled to his exile, & letter of thanks, in the course of which ho says that, so far from being content- ed, his heart bleeds everlastingly. He adds

During the nearly 40 years that I have been exiled how often I have. made long expeditions in order to try, in doing my best for France, to escape from the desperate thought of that closed frontier. And if I devote my self to my collections, and live, so to speak, in my museums, it is that there. for whom all these collections tre in- I feel myself a little nearer to France, teaded. Thanks to the amnesty, I have military service, and, deserters allowed scen common law convicts, shirkers of

to return to France. I who would so gladly have served my country and whe honour or that joy-I remain banished have not been able to have either that

I grow old in the cruel melancholy of

he could not take any alcohol At & long exile. God grant that before I

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He had been uncertain in his move-ion of sosing my country again! ments recently, sometimes going out daily and then staying in bed for some days He wanted most careful atteo- tion. He had not been in normal bealth for some time.

The Corner Did her ever, suggest Suicide

Mre Hill Not exactly, he would, sometimes say: “My dear, I am no good to you, but I would soon get him, out of that.

A FRIEND'S SUICIDE.- “A short while ago," Mra Hill add ed, very great friend of Colonel Mackenzie committed suicide by shoot ing himself in Hyde Park

balance of divorce costs. That chuque did not arrive, and obviously the colonel realised he had not funds to meet it

The coroner said the colonel hnd come to the ends of his resources and appar ently, could not see any way out of his troubles. He was going to marry an other woman, but what they were going to live on did not appear. Their they went to see a depressing play hanging upon suicide and immorality, and it affected him so much that next morn- ing he refused for the first time to greet his Sancte in the urus] WLY.

Returning a verdict of Buicide whic of Unsound Mind, the coroner said that man of such ability and undoubted

Mrs. Hill said that when she reach ed his flat shortly before 12 o'clock on Thursday for the first time in her ex perience he refused to greet her. He looked straight in front of him, bravery would not have yielded to each Mr. John H. Roper, of Clements Inn, a temptation if his mind had been formerly solicitor to Colonel Mackenzie, Dormal said the colonel had no tocans except his carninga, small investments,*, and small insurance policies. He had £6,000 a little over a year ago, but had "always lived at the rate of £2,000 to £3,000 year, and there was now at his bank a balance of only £30

Ho telephoned to him (Mr. Roper) to may be was reading a cheque for CUT, bis wife's monthly allowance, and (Continued at foot of next Column.) *

MR BASIL DEAN'S VIEW Mr. Basil Dena, who produced the play "Rain" told a reporter-O

I have not had a single complaint about "Rain" being n depressing play from anyone who has seen it. I am of the opinion that it is a strong dromu, likely to have a bracing tonic effect upon ordinary formal minded people,

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