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 which he had the honour to preside. Mr Henniker Heaton had, however, rendered an even greater service in instilling into the pubhc mind a divine discontent with things as they were, and ultimately his efforts had had some effect on the Treasury, a Second Chamber through which postal measures had to pass, a formidable and lethal Chamber.

"The whole of the country—irrespective of party—was grateful to Mr Henniker Heaton for the long life which he had devoted to the cause of postal reform."

Looking round the hall, H. H. felt himself not at a public dinner but among trusted friends.

Each birthday, each postal victory, each hard-fought election brought a message or cablegram from the Men of Kent and Kentish Men to their President. The names most closely associated with H. H. were H. J. Hearn, James Bills, G. B. Bayley, J. T. Hearn, A. O. Callard, R. Pilcher, Newton Jacks, T. S. Whittaker, W. H. Le May, E. Bennett, H. T. Wilkens, A. H. Shine, P. H. Holt, G. Clinch, R. Larking, E. M. Arnold, and Henry Thompson.