Another donation for the promotion of well-being and for the benefit of the distressed areas in Britain has been made by Lord Nufleld, the motor magnate, who recently endowed medical research activities at Oxford University with £2,000,000.
Lord Nuffield has placed the sum of £2,000,000 at the disposal of three trustees who will have full discretion as to the use of the capital for the! support of measures likely to ald' unemployment in the distressed areas and for social improvement—Reuter, London, Dec. 23.
Sir George Gillett, Commissioner for the Special Areas, has appointed as Industrial adviser,' Lord Portal, Who is a prominent industrialist and chairman of the Special Areas Reconstruction Association. He is one of the trustees nominated in con~ nection with Lord NuMeld's £2,000,- 000 gift for the special areas.
Three other advisers appointed by Sir George Gillett to associate them~ selves with Lord Portal in this work are also closely connected with the conduct of Industrial and commercial concerns. They include Mr, Frank Hodges, who was a member of the 1924 Labour Administration and for~ merly Secretary of the Miners' Federation. He now serves on the directorates of several important companies and is vice-Chairman of the National Fuel and Power Commitee—Wireless through Reuter.
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