| Description | /169 Typed letter, dated 18 February written from the Ministry of Health, in reply to William Ashley's letter (ref. NCLadd/170) regarding funding of sanitation for a country town and the request for an extended loan period. Chamberlain writes to 'my dear Wilfred', Lt.-Col. The Right Hon[arable] Wifred Ashley, MP [1867–1939], Ministry of Transport [London], to explain that despite reviewing the matter he has '... reluctantly come to the decision that such a course could not be justified on grounds of public policy...'.
/170 Copy of Ashley's original letter of request concerning the drainage and repayment of a loan for a country town in the South of England, dated December 27 1925. |