From: [Bruce, Henry Austin, Lord], Aberdare,
- No. 3257.
- Ffeil
- Date: 1894, March 7.
At: Aged Poor Commission. Content: Congratulations on appointment.
From: [Bruce, Henry Austin, Lord], Aberdare,
At: Aged Poor Commission. Content: Congratulations on appointment.
Content: political. See individual file descriptions.
At: Charity Commission. Content: The amendment by S. T. Evans to the W[elsh] Intermediate] E[ducation] Act which is backed by Thomas Edward Ellis. Points out problems regarding the Treasury Grant. ('Private').
At: Charity Commission. Content: Arrangements for meeting about Bala.
Content: Gossip.
At: Brighton. Content: Gossip.
At: Brighton. Content: Gossip. Her brother Sid's health. Refers to dances at the Hewitt's and the Milner's.
At: [? ]. Content: Gossip. (Fragment).
Content: mainly political.
At: Brighton. Content: Secretarial matters. Copy of a letter to John H. Cooke whose '... recent official letters have been characterised by an excessively offensive tone.'.
At: [? ]. Content: (Fragments).
At: Tenby. Content: Desires that the Rev. T. W. Sturges be given a living. Pleased with political situation. 'Shall we have any defections on the Welsh Disestablishment Bill?'. His future engagements.
At: Liverpool. Content: Re enclosed letter [missing]. His holiday at Cannes where 'the old bitterness against Liberals' has gone. Education Bill 'malicious and illintentioned'. Gossip.
At: Northwich. Content: The Annual Meeting of the Cheshire Liberal Federation has asked him to communicate with Thomas Edward Ellis: (1) to ask [G.W.] Rhodes, the late Liberal candidate for Hyde, to stand again; (2) to arrange for an ex-Cabinet minister to speak at a County Demonstration at Crewe.
At: London. Content: Rumour regarding [Robert Armstrong] Yerburgh [M.P. for Chester] who claims he is 'carrying the Tory Party in Cheshire on his back.' Refers to the attitude of parsons to the liquor trade and the Local Control Bill.
At: Liverpool. Content: Their work in the past. Rosebery's 'action or nonaction' over Turkey. Criticises the 'unwholesomely secret methods of the Foreign Office. A material advantage got by the maintenance of the Turkish Empire is the very wages of sin ...'. Rosebery's promised visit to Crewe.
At: Berlin. Content: Gossip. The health of her brother Sid. (addressed to Thomas Edward Ellis in Egypt).
At: Liverpool. Content: Gossip.
At: North London Collegiate School for Girls. Content: The scheme giving financial support to the school.
At: Board of Trade. Content: Glad to join the 'festive throng' on 15 August.