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Here's The Man Who Missed Millions

March 28, 1939..

BUILT BRITAIN'S FIRST MOTOR-CAR

'FORTUNE KNOCKED-

BUT GOT NO REPLY'

Malvern, Wores.

ALTHOUGH JUST RECOVERED FROM A SERIOUS ILL-

NESS, CHARLES SANTLER, THE MAN WHO MISSED MILLIONS, THE INVENTIVE GENIUS WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE BUILT BRITAIN'S FIRST MOTOR-CAR, STILL POT- TERS ABOUT IN THE LITTLE ENGINE SHOP HE HAS ERECTED IN HIS PICTURESQUE GARDEN HERE.

White-haired and smiling, he dropped a condenser he was repairing, wiped greasy hands on an olly rag...__

"Come along into the house," he welcomed, "and I'll tell how Fortune knocked twice, but got no reply from me."

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Charles led me into his pleasant parlour, dropped into an armchair, told how he invented the free wheel, patented it for four years, and then let it lapse.

"The moment I dropped it," he added, "the cycle makers grabbed. So did the watchmakers, clockmakers and motor-car manufacturers."

Seventy-six-years-old Charles Suntler smiled wanly. "But if in that I lost a gold mine, what did I not lose in the motor-car? "True I had the sense to monutne brass, was ready for a grand tour of

the Midlands. lure cars but not the head for financial side of the business."

WORKED ON WHISKY!

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It was in his small factory in Mul- ver Link in '07 that Churles begon work on Britain's frat horseless car- rloge.

Built at a time when the steam engine held undisputed away, it had an even more novel claim to fame.

It was probably the only car ever but that liked its little drop out of the bottle. It actually did some uzk its best milenge on whialty!

"Yes," chuckled Charles, many a time I've emptied a

couple of bottles of Scotch into the tank in order to get me home."

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But the public was not ready for Malvernia. People ran from the state of "Devil's Carriage" in

Mr. terror.

Suntier received. hundreds of Insulting postcards. His wonder wagon became the butt of joke and caricature,

WHO LAUGHED LAST?

Tells were increased against self- propelled cars. Public feeling be- came so Intense that an Act was passed, proclaiming that each horse- less carriage should have a hundred yards ahead a man walking with a red Bag by day, and by night with a red lamp!

Though crippled in this way, Mr. Santler and other ploneers

carried bottle on wiile farmers flying past in these

gigs gave them the horse laugh.

"An expensive fuel?" Me. Santier sighed at the memory. "Not very. Whisky was only 3s. Ed. a then,"

Beltola's first king of the rond was two years constructing Malvernia-

as he exiled Bonealaker No. und Co-eds Live Cheaply

few people in Malvern knew that history was being made in a work- shop close by.

Charley Those who did scoffed at Santler as an optimistic dreamer But despite their jeers Churles carried on, making every forging and, casting himself.

At last came the day when the dream came true. Malvernia, with Its high wheels and bravery

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The King's Levee At Buckingham Palace

Many names familiar in Naval, Military and Air Force circles in Hongkong are included in the large number of presentations which were made to His Majesty King George at a recent Levee held at Buckingham Palace.

The complete list of presentations, which started on Satur- day will be published in the "Telegraphi" daily this week.

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HART, Becond Lieutenant Anthony. The MAXWELL-IIYELOP. Mr. Aymer R., by the

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Secretary of State for Scotland. on appointment, by General Sir Charles Deedes. .c.D., C.M.O., D.3.0. Hanther. Second Lieutenant Derek, Sup- plementary Reserve of Officers, Royal Artillery, on appointment. by Major General ilenty Newcome, C., C.M... LATING, Second Lieutenant William, The

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M. BANDASWAMY NAIDU, by the Political

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Fusiliers, on Koyul appointment, by Major-General William Herbert, C., C.M.D., D.3.0. HAWKE, Second Lieutenant Arthur, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, on appolat- ment, by htajor-General, tenry New-INTER, Mr. Jotu, by the Secretary of State

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Hat, Second Lieutenant Michael, Royal Engineers, on appointment, by Major- General Harry Pritchard, c...

B1.0.0.

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HLY, Lentenant Joseph, Royal Army: Medical Comu Territorial Army, on appealment, by the Secretary of State: for Wat. BUTLER-HERRSON,

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D.NO.

Liar. Major-General Claude, co., vAQ.. To promotion and on appointment As Commander, The London Division by the Secretary of State for War.

Cilve, Libor, Leutenant-General Sir

X.C., C.M... .... D.3.0, on appointment osa Kright Commander of the Order of the Bath, by the Secretary of State for War.

INTS, Second Lieutenant James, Cold

stream Guards, on irat appointment, by the Field Oficer in Brigade Waiting. JACKSON, Hecond. Lleutenant George, Toyal Aruller Territorial Army, on appoint- ment, by Major-General Henry New-LInderal, Major-General Wildrid, a.o.. come. c. C.MA, 3.5.0). HARDY-JACTION, Second Lieutenant Harold. Royal Artillery, Territorio! Amiy, on appointment, by Major-General Henry Newcome, ¢.3., C.3.0, D3.0.

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derick, it appointment. by the General Henry Newcome, `ca, cato,

First Sea Lord. JEETERY, Second Lieutenant Joseph, Royal Engineers, Territorial Army. on apponit. inent, by Major-General Harry Prit- chard, c. c.No., Dad. Jrir, Sir Ernest, on receiving the tonour al Knighthood,, oy the Prime Minister, Jras. Captain Richard. Royal Artillery, by Major-General Henry Newcome, c... C.M., DRO.

D.A.C.

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John. by Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. Osbert Vesey, c... HENDERSON, Mr. Roger, by Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. Osbert Veney, c... Hick, Lieutenant Roger, K., on appom1

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