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ASHRIDGE HOUSE FOR THE CONSERVATIVES.
EDUCATIONAL CENTRE.
Windsor Castle fame, six years lat
èr,
Ashridge has a-history going back through many centuries. Hore Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, found- ed a monastery for the Bonhommes at "Ashridge bealde Barcanstede;" An announcement was made re-here Edward L. spent Christmas in cently by the Conservative Central 1290, and held a Parliament; here, Office as follows:-
Queen Elizabeth lived as a princess while her sister Mary was on the throne; and here she was arrested and removed to the Tower after Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion. James I. gave the estate to Lord Chancellor. Egerton, from whom it descended through the Earls and Dukes of Bridgwater to the late
It will give satisfaction to lovers of historic England to know that beautiful Ashridge, the famous Hertfordshire seat of the Dukes of Bridgwater, has been saved for public use owing to the generosity of a friend of the late Mr. Ronar Law,
FORESTRY IN F.M.S.
ALL-ROUND PROGRESS RE- 'PORTED LAST YEAR,
A NEW RECORD.
The year was one of all mound progress, states the F.M.S. Chief Secretary in his 1927 report, re- ferring to
the Forestry Depart- ment. The surplus of revenue, over expenditure was the highest on re- cord, and schemes of development connected with the exploitation of the forests, and with research and education
are gradually being brought into feree.
Labour conditions improved dur-
Timber Industries.
had
It is understood that this magni-Earl Brownlow. ficent mansion, equipped and par- It was on the death of the third ing the year, but not soon enough tially endowed, has been offered to, and inst Earl Brownlow in 1921 to enable the department to supply and accepted by, the Conservative that the great estate of Ashridge the railway with its full quote of party for the purpose of an educa-Park, running to many thousands sleepers without unduly raising the tional centre and training college of acres, first came into the market. price of other classes of timber. so as to form a tasting memorial Since that time a series of salos has Large numbers of sleepers to the Inte Mr. Bonar Law,"
taken place. The public have been therefore to be imported from In the course of an interview, interested chiefly in the efforts put Australia. At the end of the year. Mr. J. C. C. Davidsan, M.P., chair forth to preserve for all time a thanks partly to the prohibition of man of the Conservative party or considerable portion of the beautiful the most durable hardwoods, the ganisation, said:
estate. Two or three years ago
situation was very much easier; It would be difficult to find words nearly 1,700 acres, including part sleepers were coming in freely, and in which to express one's gratitude of the park and a stretch of land the stocks of timber in the hands for this magnificent gift which has between Ivingkoe Beacon and Berk-of deniers were probably larger been made to the Conservative hamsted Common, was secured by than they had ever been before. party. I can imagine no more fit the National Trust. Last year a The Improved labour conditions ting memorial to our great leader, further 166 acres, taking in Friths- resulting from the fall in the price Mr. Bonar Law, than an educa- den Beeches and part of Aldbury of rubber also enabled the depart tional centre the purpose of which Common, passed under the care of ment to recruit a fairly adequate will be to inculcate those ideals the same body.
The climax of the break-up of the and principles which he pursued
Malay labour force for urgent Ashridge estate was reached last
silvicultural work. with unwavering fidelity.
The rapid growth of the elector-November, when, as recorded in the ate has given rise to many pro-"Daily Telegraph" at the time, a continued its sittings throughout The Timber Industries Committee blema which can only be solved by client of Mesars. Hampton and Sons the year. The experimental wood. the development of political educa- purchased 10,500 acres, including preservation plant, which tion. As the Prime Minister said the house and park. Less than a stalled on its recommendation, was recently, democracy, is on its trial,month ago those agents announced brought into use at the end of and it is for us of this generation that, with Mesars. Lofts and to make democracy safe for the Warner, they had resold over 8,700 acres, Messra, John D. Wood and Co. having bought for a client the mansion and 1,200 acres. The last mentioned firm's instructions to take immediate steps to resell the Palong Reserve, where large-scale property acquired have had their In selecting the mansion for sequel in the provision of the new timber with modern mechanical experiments in the extraction of
this
the purpose
donor
political training centre for had regard not only to its suitabi-
lappliances are already being carried Conservative party.
out under the supervision of the lity for conversion into an educa
While changing the destination It is particularly satisfactory to tional college. but was animated
newly appointed logging engineer. also by a desire to safeguard the board on the top of his 'bus, Wil- be able to record that locat Malays house and the grounds by which it liam Le Court, a conductor, fracturare proving apt pupils, and are is surrounded against the encroached his skull by striking the railway rapidly becoming proficient in the ment of the builder. Some of the bridge in Silver-street, Edmonton. most beautiful gardens in the coun-
world..
The best means to that end will be found in education, and it is on this account that this most gener- ous gift cannot fail to be of ines
timable value.
try occupy a portion of the eighty
acres which are included in the gift.
These gardens have proved a great attraction to thousands of people,
At week-ends during
the last few summers, and under the
regime the privilege new
the
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Jewellery valued at £100 stolen from the window of a shop in Lordship-lane, East Dulwich, by a man who drove eff in a motorcar.
TO AVOID DYSENTERY
and diarrhoea during the hot sea-
of visiting them will be continued. son the system must be kept clean
was in-
August, and by the end of the year the opinion of the Committee justi had yielded information which in fed the purchase of a commercial plant to be installed in conjunction
with A modern sawmill in the
use of modern tools and machinery.
A new Industry, namely, the
manufacture of veneers and ply
wood, was started at a factory at Rantau Panjang on the site for- merly occupied by Malayan Matches Ltd. The company expected to 1928. start producing carly in The wood, distillation plant at
Krambit, which suffered so acverely from flood damage and isolation, was again working in July, and
when Ashridge House will be avail purpose there is nothing so good continued for the rest of the. year, It is not possible to name a date and the functions active, for which able for the reception of students.as Pinkettes, the dainty little liver though not at full pressure.. but certain structural alterations and intestinal regulators. Pin-
and its equipment for the purpose to which it is to be devoted will necessarily require some little time The work is to be put in hand forth
with.
PARTS ACQUIRED FOR NATION. The present mansion of Ash- ridge, beautifully situated on a lofly ridge 640 ft. above sea level, was designed by James Wyatt, and commenced in 1808, being complet-
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Walton-on-Thames and Weybridge Gas Company are lowering the price of gas by 41⁄2d per 1,000 cubic fect,
Mountain Resort Acquires New Charms
SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1928,
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SUMMER SALE.
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Evening Dresses & Afternoon Frocks
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Straw Hats Half Price,
Voile Dresses $10.50 and $15.00,
Gloves $2.00 per pair.
Pinet's Shoes $10.00 per pair.
Artificial Flowers $1.00 each.
Caron & Rosine Perfumes at Cost Price.
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