On 03 Feb,08, at 2:37 AM, D E wrote:
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> GG had retired as a plantation manager, which was ostensibly a
> Civil Service post, thus with a pretty decent pension, just becuase
> of a war it doesn't mean all money evaporated
>
>
You are conflating two different jobs. He started as a plantation
manager--working for a private concern. Later he became a civil servant
as a customs official. I doubt that 1930s pensions were terribly
generous.
Chas Clifton
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