BRITAIN'S MILLIONAIRES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 233, 8 December 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

BRITAIN'S MILLIONAIRES.

LORD INCHCAPE. Years ago a> certain sail-cloth manufacturer of Arbroath engaged a boy to do odd jobs about the factory. He wroked very hard, cleaning windows, scrubbing floors, delivering goods, and acquiring what knowledge he could of the business at intervals. After a while, thinking he was worth more money, he asked for a rise. "Humph," said his employer, in effect, "a little boy like you is not worth more money."

"GET ON OK GET OUT." The boy, however, thought different, and promptly looked for another job. Hearing that a certain shipping arm owning the British India Steam Navigation Company wanted a junior clerk, he applied for the position, and got it. Evidently this firm thought more highly of his services than did the sailcloth manufacturer of Arbroath, for when their Calcutta branch applied to the central office for a clerk he was sent out, and quickly established the reputation of being one of the most energetic and capable men in the business. So much so, in fact, that when the Calcutta branch wanted another clerk they cabled to London, "Please send us another Mackay."

PARTNER AT THIRTY. Such was the beginning of the career of Lord Inclicape, the millionaire merchant, who before lie was made a peer was Sir James Lylo Mackay. Lord Inchciipe was twenty-two when lie first went to India. At thirty ho was partner in the firm. Today he is not only one of Britain's biggest millionaires, but one of the greatest authorities in the commercial world. He is not a mere money-spinner, hut a. man who possesses such a wide knowledge of comemrcial problems and finance that he has. from time to time, served on important Government Commissions. For instance, he served on the Council of the Secretary of State for India, the small body which has so much to do with the control of Indian affairs. Again, lie went to China fourteen years ago to conclude a commercial treaty between that country and the United Kingdom. He is one of the directors of that great international concern, the Suez Canal Company, while he s :•; partner and director of inn nncrabln insurance, steamship, and other companies. LOVER OF ESSEX. Lord Inclicape is one of the Scotsmen who have settled in Essex. Choster--I'iM-d Park, his seat, is nea>- Saffron Walden, and not far from the CamI.Kdgeshire border. The heir to Lord Inelicape's million-) is his son. the Hon. Kenneth Mackay, who last year married the youngest daughter of the late Lord Justice Moriarty. Following »n the fool ,t"ps of h ; s father, the Hon Kenneth has become associated with manv business concerns, being, among oth-'r things, a director of the P. and (». and Hritish India Steamship Companies. Ai the present time, however. lie is serving as a second lieutenant in the 12th Lovers