A MUNIFICENT GIFT
RESIDENCE FOB BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS.
London, October 5. Sir Arthur Lee a former Civil lord of the Admiralty, has presented Chequers Court Mansion, with an estate of 2-00 acres, on the Cbiltern Hills, to the nation as. an official country .residence for British Prime Ministers. , , Mr. Lloyd George, on behalf of the country, has accepted the generous gift, which, an endoinnent to cover, the cost of a permanent otaffof servants for the upkeep of the gardens and lor X part includes the ruins of an ancient stronghold traditionally reported as belonging to Cymbeline, and reputed to ■fae the Dirthplace of Caractacus. Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 11, 8 October 1917, Page 5
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107A MUNIFICENT GIFT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 11, 8 October 1917, Page 5
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