THE BIGGEST SALARY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 104, 15 April 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE BIGGEST SALARY.

AND THE MAN WHO DREW' IT. Mr. John flavs Hammond, who. it is offici.il’v .innonncml. is to be special Ambassador for the United States at the Coronat’on. has the enviable reputation of draw inc; the lergest salary in the world. As chief consulting engineer of the !iii"genbcim Companv. he gets the colossal vcarlv remuneration of £2OO 000. W*licn he was quite a bov. Mr TT.irnmnnd Used to mix with the gold miners of America, and at the age »if ten he u-ed to delight in going abou/ himself trving to find ‘nuggots." Indeed lie showed so much aptitud" ‘"or mineralogy that his father allo wed liirii to "o to the Royal School of Mines at Freiberg, in Germany. Later on, Mr. ILimmoml went to South Africa, where he was intimately connected with the fate C’*eil Rhodes and the late Barney Parnato. Ditriri-- th" exciting time of the Jamess.<*n raid. Mr. Hammond was singl'fl out by the Rocrs as ore of the leaders in tin- raid but h" was allewed to leave Pretoria on condition that he promised fr return wlici called upon for his

W Leu tin' Lour for him to redeem Jus j * i .*'•■ arrived. m;»*iv re-iple emleavf.’ppd .0 icis’iad*’ him to remain when L. u.a«: but h itb sublime heroism. b<’ ‘-ent hi-- ’-.ord. anl vk ilulv tried, foumi "iiiltv. and niiii'emnc'' to death. Attc’v-nr’s tli- diea.l sentence mu alter*'*! and be -vas set free on ]>ayinent of :• iiecvv tine.

Tn th*- State-. Mr Hammond is i>n-n-en-el* p*>t>ul.n. n.i<! be i- wj| knov. 11 ns a sjort-min. 1.-c nrrr. ami td.al host

Pie N-'W 111 k ' Evening P«>-i" *;i;. tb it t'e- d.n o*' Liu* v s;,l. 111.-s i- jia-K There is - .an < |>i*l*m le Imt mis in *■’e ti’innci.-’l verbi” Tile last president of tl e c te--l fril-t iec,-*v.'d jni.i'iwi •I* I’ar- I't'J-t.fOf; hut the sai.irv *>: t!i.> non p-o-i lent Mr. F’.li iell, Iris b .-i fixed .>t "G iO > dollars r bill 1: h . Ag.PU. th*' .Teitli of Mr. Paul Morton, th ■ i>ro-i b-n‘ of the F- '"'-iLI... who u.as r** ci'ivie 'in ■> i’ol’.i' ‘.■ln.rtM i. is f-x--}<*(-r.’l :<> furni-h the tru-tii -lith an o. i ;rin>> for- e nnnn’J. 111 elect in.; hisu*" s-el’. it 's si i*l If-.-v w *ll p'n ■' I'd n.l **'3 th . O rs t’uat •' I.OIJO dollars CIO.O •‘M "ill command th.- services of ’.'e .nb!o«+ rra’l in th*' l>u»ines- nf lit* m*’ra»”’ It is n*>tic>'*l that this is the amount r--cc.vc*l bv Mr. Charles p. Vo Is li-c-id.-at oi th’ Mutual Life I 'isill ;’ll'- ’ Comt at.' -