The Goodwill of a Guest.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3006, 18 September 1888, Page 3

The Goodwill of a Guest.

Apropos—and it is very apropos indeed—of tbe compensation clauses of the Local Government Bill, attention has been called to'a. littlo anecdote, told by Mr Smiles 'in his" Life of TelforM. When that famous engineer offe to town on business he was accustomed to sojourn at the Salopian, now inown as the Ship Hotel, at Chariug-cross; and so frequent and constant was this practice for twenty-one years that successive . landlords came to regard their guest . as a fixture, and from time to "time | " bought and sold him with the good- ■' will of the house." When at length ; he resolved to take a town house of his own, the landlord who had then but recently entered into possession, "stood aghast atthjyiMigence," " "What I" ho exclaimea, " leave the ' house? Why, sir, I've just paid £750 r for you 1" On enquiry, it appeared that not only had Mr Telford been regularly valued, but his price had steadily increased with the rise iu his importance, the outgoing tenant having privately secured him for < £450 only, It is clear that if official i vahiors of Jkpl licenses aro to take "---intoaccountallvestedintorests and . elements aUaluo, some rather subtle .points arewajly to claim their attenI'tion, •

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