LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 211, 19 June 1933, Page 8

LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS

MAN WHO HAD £70,000 A YEAR.

NOW SUED FOR TEN POUNDS. Mr William Taylor, of Sidcup, says lie has no quarrel with life. His quarrel is with those, who jumped to conclusions when the magistrates at Bromley, Kent, lately ordered him to pay £lO maintenance arrears to his wife at the rate of five shillings a week. It was stated in court that Mr Taylor once earned £70,000 a year. Mr Taylor, who is a handsome middle-aged man, laughed as he told a "Sunday Express" correspondent of the fall of his fortune. "I have had a great time and haVe thoroughly enjoyed my life," he said. "I have done everything that I possibly could since the day I left my university as a young man. • , , "I have travelled,' not as a tourist, but really seeing foreign places from the inside. I have been in every European country except Sweden and have stayed at most capitals of the world. In those days I was a company director. One of the highlights of my life was when I stayed in Russia, when I met many interesting and famous people and was presented to the Tsar. "I have raised cattle in Western America and worked as a lumberman in Canada. All these things were only side-lines to my actual profession of electrical engineer. Now I live in Sidcup on a comparatively small income. I live adequately, I work hard, and I run a car. What more can any man need? As a matter of fact in my wealthy days I lived about hero near Bromley, but that fact does not worry me. Believe me, most people expect a great deal too much of life. "A popular mistake is that it takes brains to make money. It does not. It takes a large helping of luck and a little ingenuity that is all. If anything at all is disturbing my peace at the moment it is the unholy interest in my affairs all this has caused. I dislike publicity and only want, to be left alone to live quietly. "A great income is not necessary for anyone. Fifteen shilling a week will feed anyone for both health and happiness. Hew I came to owe this particular £lO is a private matter that I would not dream of discussing with anyone."