An ex-Health Inspector Builds Himself Hygienic Home tr. D., MacGregor, formerly, muni ipal gardener, and s0 well remembered Sangha wry from Crowbermugh ili Suaaen, on 't breezy letter A the Par matters.
When pas through Crawley, Sussex, a few days ago, 1 called on Cha:
Hill, formerly chief inspector in the S.M.C, Health Office, He is hale and hearty and as a ever. With the help of a builder he erected a good residence which, as natural to a health officer, is replete with all modern conveniences and labour-saving gadgets, He was busy turning out "breeze slabs" with which to erect garden frames and lay down paving. His property is about 8 acres, yields him rabbits, pheasants and fire wood.
Messrs, Reeves and Kinipple, formerly of the Police, have hous a few lots away from Mr. Hill, and Chas. Shepherd, of Shepherd's Cafe, is at East Grinstead some three miles away.
F. Hanbury, brother of the late Sir Thomas Hanbury, has a nice property at East Grinstead where he cultivates one of the best private collections of orchids. He, though about 70 years of age, was marri recently, and a new orchid which he raised and named after his bride, received a special award, Lord Dewar, wit, orator, horse breeder, poultry farmer and, of course, a managing director of 'Dewars whisky, died at his home in East Grinstead recently. He will be much missed in East Grinstead where, as a landowner he did much' good, in social will be greatly missed as Dewarisms were famous, One of a reception, of a lady to. whom was introduced and told her of the Tact, "Oh!" said the lady, "My name is Potter Pottet—with a hyphen." "How like mine," he said, "Mine is, Dewar Dewar, with Syphon!
He and his elder brother, the late' Lord Forteviot, founded the firm. When they came to London they had three letters of introduc. ion, one was to a man who had been dead for ten years and the other two were to bankrupt men, Lord Forteviot died last November and Lord Dewar never seemed to over it; he suffered from a Severe heart attack in December from which he only partially recovered. It is reported he leaves about £5,000,000 to his favourite nephew who' is also a confirmed bachelor.
The Dewars came from the same part of Perthshire as I did, and moreover their sister was married to an uncle of mine by marriage, thence the reason for being interest-
Dr: Stanley is, I understand, very sick man, due no doubt to overwork when in' Shanghai, Mr. H, A, Macintyre, formerly of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, returned a few days ago after spending the winter in the south of Europe.
'The "Daily Mail" Ideal Home Exhibition was very interesting. Mrs. Lee's house, which won the prize, was positively ugly, square with' small windows. The four-legged atrocity, called a bath in these most modern houses, was very conspicuous; this appears peculiar for there is no comparison between them and the sunk, built in one for comfort.
Mr, Snowden's Budget, which he prided himself so much on keeping secret, pleases no one. Mr. Maxton and his 25 adherents refer to it as capitalistic and an outrage to be brought forward by a socialist government. His only gratification that income under £400 a year—M.P?s salaries—are not to be taxed, 'The opposition claim that taxing industry will Kill the trade just on the upward grade and increase the unemployed by tens of thousand: 'A conservative critic of the Budget called himself a "business man' Which, according to Mr. Snowden, means a "Guinea Pig."
The Naval Conference appears to be ending in smoke. "Parity is a word devoid of clarity, and we don't give a hang for Uncle Sam." Pai should mean the millions who need naval protection more than the weight of ships.
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