THE HOME FLEET.
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD RECEIVES OVATIONS. ' • By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received March 26, 9 a. in.) LONDON, 25th March. Lord Charles Beresford, who has been retired from the command of the Channel Squadron, has been the recipient of tremendous public ovations at Portsmouth and in London. LORD CHARLES'S SUCCESSOR. ADMIRAL MAY. LONDON, 25th March. Vice-Admiral Sir William May has assumed command of the re-organised Home Fleet. Admiral May, second Sea Lord since 1906, was born in 1849, and entered the Navy in 1853.
At the adjourned meeting of the creditors of Mrs.- Sophia Louisa White this morning it was decided, on the motion of Mr. A. J. Rand, seconded by Mr. Church, that the furniture should be given oack to the bankrupt on condition that it is mortgaged to Fielder and Co. to secure. tJie amount due to them (£6B). The assignee (Mr. A. Simpson) disallowed Mi. J. R. Fraser's claim for rent (£47) on the ground tiiafc he had the use of the furniture. Mr. Tj, Y^oung appeared for / Fie.lcte£ and] go.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1909, Page 7
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176THE HOME FLEET. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1909, Page 7
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