AUSTRALIA HOUSE
EXAGGERATED DESCRIPTION NOT A WHITE ELEPHANT. SYDNEY, December 15. An exaggerated description of the palatial character of the official residence at Ennismore Gardens has appeared in Australia, suggesting it is a white elephant, needing a dozen servants to run it properly, while Mr Bruce is credited with possessing a sound-proof study. The fact is that Mr and Mrs Bruce are unlikely to live there until January, when Mrs Bruce recovers from her illness. Mr Bruce told the Press Association that the house was not a white elephant. The High Commissioner was quite capable of maintaining it in normal times. He admitted that; it would probably be necessary to reduce the staff to seven. “But I can assure you that the study is far from sound-proof.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21829, 16 December 1932, Page 9
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127AUSTRALIA HOUSE Otago Daily Times, Issue 21829, 16 December 1932, Page 9
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