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BUSINESS AGREEEMENT. VAST NEW BUILDING.
In the Chancery Division re The outward movement of
Shapurji Durabi A handsome silver nail with a cently Mr. large commercial organisations from the City of London has to a gilded head has just been present- Saklatvala; of St. Albans-villas, certain extent stopped, and many ed by the former German Em-Highgate, M.P. for North Batter of the important businesses which peror to the Kaiser Wilhelm Club, sea, claimed from Mr. Richard farmerly went westward are com-a Royalist veteran association at Tilden Smith, of Adelaide House, peting for, or have acquired, sites Sulzbach, in the Bavarian Pala- King Willfam-street, City, a de- claration that by virtue of an as near as possible to their old tinate. scene of operations in the heart
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Mr. Smith was bound to pay to him for the maintenance and education of his children the sum of £500 per annum from Jan. 1, 1926, until Jan. 1, 1941.
Throughout the area over which the Lord Mayor had juris- diction there is evidence of what amounts to a revival. Old, and comparatively modern, blocks of buildings have disappeared or are being demolished, and majestic premises have taken their place or are in course of erection. Brick, slate and tile disappear, glant cranes rear their heads, and around them grow massive piles of masonry as if by magic, every girder, every stone, being prepared elsewhere and fitted into position on the spot.
in
The nail arrived from Doorn registered letter, accom- It panied by explicit directions. was to be used, sald the ex- Kaiser, to nail to the flag-pole the new military standard about to be dedicated to the memory of the Sixth Bavarian Infantry Re- giment.
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The exiled monarch is evidently somewhat perturbed by the pro- posal now being put forward by the disgruntled younger section of the German Nationalist Party that the restoration of the mon- archy should be struck off the political programme of the party. In the letter explaining the use of A typical example of this is the the gilded nail, he warmly thanks site of the old General Post the Kaiser Wilhelm Club for mes- Office, in St. Martin's-le-Grand.sages of loyalty.
"Loyal Bavarians.” It only seems the other day that a peep through the hoarding sur- "I remember with pride and rounding the sito revealed a won gratitude the feats of my loyal, derful garden, which Nature had Bavarian Sixth Infantry Regi- planted on the vacant landament," he says, "and I am sure profusion of willow-weed, with that when the time comes to its brilliant mauvish blooms, liberate the German Fatherland dominating the luxuriant growth, and to reatore its Kaiser and the their to princes but a few yards from St. Paul's hereditary Cathedral.
throne, the regiment will show Then came the 'cranes and the that it is still animated by the material and the palatial pile, same spirit of valour and self- comprising Empire House, Court-sacrifice that it manifested on auld's, the Westminster Bank, many a hard-fought field during Union House and City House, took the great war."
than his
its place among the architectural The ex-Crown Prince is no less features of the City, with a floor eager for restoration space of about 500,000 square father. fect. Although not quite com- He had himself publicly ac- pleted, almost the whole of this claimed as the heir to the throne huge building has set up in less yesterday at a great meeting of than two years, the latest im-the Steelhelmets, a semi-military portant tenants being the Mar-league of nationalists, held at garine Union, which have taken Oppein. The Crown Prince al- 140,000 feet of floor space.
lowed his enthusiastic henchmen The handsome block of build-to hoist him on their shoulders ings occupies the whole of the and carry him through the cheer- East side of St. Martin's-le-ing crowds. Grand, Its tenants are convinced of the axiom that to do business you must be on the spot-the City and commerce are synonymous.
those
Even for the City, this site has a remarkable history. Modern con- ditions of using every available foot means a good deal of delving, and this spot was found to be rich in Roman remains-burial urns, coins, cooking utensils, etc.; now prized in the Guildhall Museum. It was at the rebuilding
WATER SUPPLY.
Level and Storage of water in Bei servoirs on August 1, 1928;~~~ CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS.
Tytam
L
1927
L.
L
L.
1928
"B
Mr. Croom-Johnson, K.C., for Mr. Saklatvala, said that Mr. Smith was a financier in the City. Mr. Saklatvala was formerly de- partmental manager for Tata Ltd., which carried on a large business with India. Mr. Smith had business connections with the company, and was at the time of the contract desirous that Mr. Saklatvala should resign his ap pointment with Tata Ltd., and on Sept. 16, 1925, he did resign. The agreement then made, on which Mr. Saklatvain sued, was tained in the following letter from Mr. Smith:
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con-
I write to confirm the ar- rangement we have arrived at, whereby you are to tender your resignation of the appointment you hold with Tata Ltd. on my undertaking to see that your family is provided for to the extent of £500 per annum (to be used for the maintenance. and education of your children) for the next fifteen years.
"I shall also see that the mortgage for £900 on your house, 12, St. Albans-villas, Highgate-road, is taken over, and you may rest assured that these arrangements will be car- ried out, for which I make my- self, my heirs, and executors responsible."
Mr. Croom-Johnson said that Mr. Smith alleged that by an in- denture of settlement made on Oct. 27, 1926, to which Mr. Saklatvala was not a party, there was substituted a provision which took the place of the pro- vision Mr. Saklatvala contended for so long as it endured.
The business of the Tata firm in India was quite distinct from that of Tata Ltd. in London. There was a popular idea that Mr. Saklatvala was a member, of 267B an undoubtedly rich organisation Tytam Byawash
199"B in India, but in point of fact he Tytam Intermediate
L. had been engaged all his business Tytam Tuk...
life in the London house; and ́at L. 26' 9"B Wong Nei Chung Pokfulum
do. 27 9B one time was employed at quite [Note: B. denotes "Below Overflow a small salary. Some years ago after the Great Fire that the name of the thoroughfare was al-A, denotes "Above Overflow: L de- he was employed as department- tered from St. Marin's-lane to notes "Level with Overflow."]
al manager at £500, and later his St. Martin's-le-Grand from the Storage in millions and Decimals
of gallons.
salary was increased to £750. collegiate church and sanctuary, the foundation of which was con- firmed by a charter of William the Conqueror. Although with- in the walls, it was a. liberty" with which the City Fathers must not interfere.
London's Curfew Bell..
Tytam
Tytam Byewash Tytam Intermediate Tytam Tuk Wong Nei Chung Pokfulum
Total
Mr. Saklatvala was first cousin 202.95 of Sir Dorabji Tata, now the In 2.88 head of the Indian house.
1027
1928
'384.80 22,37 196.90
1,410,00
195.00
1,393.00 September, 1920, some objection 30.34 5.72 was being made to him being 66,00 11.00 identified with the business in London by reason of his political 2,118.41 1,811.46 Consumption of water in the City activities. It was suggested that It was the great bell of St. Mar- tin's which tolled the curfew, and Hill District in millions and do- he should resign, but he declined, the City gates being closed at thecimals of gallons during the month of He had made great sacrifices for
July.
the particular views which he 1927 1928 first stroke, which was a signal
held, and the £760 constituted a 330.23 317.03 to every parish church "so that Consumption they begin and end together," Estimated population 413,040 423,960 very considerable portion of his total income. He had a family of per day A 26.7 24.1 five children, and he was not in a after which no one should be "go Consumption per head daring as to be found going or Full Supply in all Rider Main Disposition to give up that money, wandering about the streets of tricts during July, 1927. Full Supply Mr. Saklatvala was a Parsee, and the City." When the college went in all Rider Mnin
July, 1928, from let to 11th. Inter-was the only member of his fami- the way of other religious houses mittent Supply in all Rider Main Dis-ly who had a direct heir. There the site became an "Alsatia" for tricts West of Eastern Street only. vagabonds,
The old General Post Office, with its somewhat squat portico, was only erected in 1818, and the fact that the authorities of the building period decided that the new premises must be in close proximity indicates that they saw what so many business firms are seeing to-day, that the City of London is the Mecca of the trade world.
A man detained in London. will appear at Droxford, Hampshire, in connection with an alleged attack with acid on Mr. W. Knight, a bank clerk, at West Meon.
Frank Bowrah, aged 58, a head- master, was fined £25 at Leicester for stealing £2 from a coat in a golf club.
Districts during
from 12th to 14th and Intermittent was a possibility that the time Supply in all Rider Main Districts might come when his children West of Garden-road from 15th to would be the only persons who, 31st July.
under arangements made in India, would be entitled to suc- ceed to the rights and settlements 2108 of quite a substantial fund.
The hearing was adjourned,
KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL.
Kowloon Reservoir
1927 1928 L..
Shek Lai Pul Reser do.
voir
0' 2"B
**
Reception Reservoir do. 4' 2"B Storage of millions and decimals of gallons,
St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, 1927 1928 Kowloon Reservoir 362.50 823.50 states that the special greyhound Shek Lal Pui Reservoir 100.80 115,42 race meeting held at Wembley Reception Reservoir
22.67 Stadium on June 22 produced £1,263 towards the rebuilding fund.
.1027 1028 100,40 117.07
Total
453.30 461.65 Consumption of water in Kowloon in millions and decimals of gallons during the month of July. Consumption...... Estimated popolation 161,050 196,120 how that the quality of the water Consumption per head
per day
22,0 ....... 21.3 (Continued on next Column.)
Full Supply in all districts during. July 1927 and 1928.
The Government Analyst's report
satisfactory.
Total rainfall to July 31, 1927, 72.18 July 31, 1928, 68.00.
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