AN ENGLISH FREEHOLD.
"The right of property from hell to heaven has vanished," said Sir Francis Bell, speaking in tho Legislative Council yesferday on the changes ;vrought by the progress of aviation. Staid Councillors looked round with surprise. "Oh ! that is the old definition of an English freehold," Sir Francis hastened to add, "as far below the earth and as far above as you can go."
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 6
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66AN ENGLISH FREEHOLD. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 6
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