'The numerous' friends: of 'Mr: "Charles Cromie, who is now at shome: on: a well-deserved holiday, will be gratified to learn of the: appointment of his half-brother, Mr:: Alfred: Milner), to: the' important post of: Ohairman': of the Board of. Inland Revenue, with"a:: salary' of £2,000.: par annum.! Some: idea.of the magnitude of the Office may be'gathered from: the. foot that the salaries of the department alone Vamount'to over'a million sterling annually:
College, Oxford,: wh off tone of the: greatest, sch lo them joined the staff of, the,, Pall Afalt Gazetie, and rose to be, sub-manager,,& position he li id for nearly four years, and which he,, resigned, in. gonseq 2 difference of opinion. regarding, ment. But he had already madi so that, it waa not surer Goschen.,.madp him vote secretary, and became his, firm fri At the last general election, Mr... Mil although Mr., Goschen spoke more, ths ouce, in, support.of his candidature,, unsuccessfully contested, the Harryw, division of Middlesex, being detented by, Ambrose, Q.C.. Four years,, ygo. lie was oftered, the private. secretaryship, pf. the Viceroy by Lord Lansdowne,,.op, a pointment as Governor-General..of Indin. This, offer be declined. only,, to, accept a little Jater the, congenial, employ-dive, by whose favour-he.wag shortly, proment of financial adviser to: the, "ki moted. to be. Under Secretary of in Egypt.", The, successes of Mr. a ace all, the more. gratifying, by, reagan, of the.butden willingly incurredy, by, Cromie, who bore, largely, the expenses, of his, brother's education, Mx.,; Milner besides a-writer of charming English;
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