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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22356, 1 September 1934, Page 13

Waiter at an Eastborne hotel for 49 years, Mr Albert Charles Gabb, of Eastbourne, has left a gross estate of £20,683, with net personalty of £19,297. He died in March, aged 75. Tact, efficiency, and courtesy are stated to have been the characteristics which made Mr Gabb one of the most popular and successful waiters in the country. Mr Gabb took up his duties at the Grand Hotel when he was about 21, and retired five years ago.' An official of the hotel said: “Mr Gabb, who was head waiter, was full of understanding, and was ready at any time to go out of his way to meet the requirements of a guest.” In the effort to prevent floods, the London County Council is insisting on the banks of the River Thames being raised in more than 1500 places.