A general result of this state of affairs is that the present generation of Thellussons is not possessed of the wealth of their predecessors, and 0 after leaving Eton the Hon, Percy Thellusson went into business, and in time became senior partner of Pommery & Greno Ltd. This firm distributes all. the produce of Pommery Fils of Rheims through-he Britich Isles, British Dominions (with the exception of Canada), and the Far East, and the resent is one of several visits which Mr. Thellusson has paid to this part of the world, the first, we believe, being about 1911. During the war was personal A.D.C. to Sir Bri Mahon, and saw service with him in the Near East. From Shanghai Mr. Thellusson is proceeding to Dairen and Harbin and expecta to return in about a fortnight, while Mrs. Thellusson is going to Peking.
It is worth noting that an-exception had to be made to the Thelin son Act within the past.few years. The circumstances were that @ very large sum of money had been left to the Treasury in order to accumulate that ultimately it would be used
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