DREAD OF BECOMING A MILLIONAIRE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18198, 19 March 1921, Page 10

DREAD OF BECOMING A MILLIONAIRE.

"Mr Austin Hopkinson, M.P. for Moste ley, who recently told the House of Com*' mons that in no circumstances should tba ‘appalling fate of becoming a millionaire ever overtake him, has offered his rest* deuce, Rycroft Hall, to the ratepayers ol ~'- Audenahaw free of any condition, with* three acres of freehold, land,” says thn Chronicle. “He suggests that the Hall would prtM vide a dignified council chamber; the res# of the buildings could be used by club* and societies lor social functions, whilei the ballroom could become a source revenue. The gardens include a bowKng green and five tennis courts, Tho gift a ... valued at about £20,000, “ T expect to make further gifts land end property during the next fowl years,’ he says, ‘if this is found beneficial to the district where I hope to live tor tbtj rest of my life.’ “Mr Hopkinson ia a bachelor, and iiM tends to live in a. bungalow, which he building near the Hall, “During the war he fought first as cavalry officer, and after being discharged nnfit, ‘joined up again, and was a when elected M.P. “Mr Hopkinson is a se&made anil worked in a coal mine, and as engineer until be invented the coal-cutting which has made his fortune. • * “The profit-sharing scheme which be bafi introduced at the Delta Engineering Works is his safeguard against the few. of becoming a millionaire, which .mbL dreads.”