NOTE. 



I desire to express how deeply I feel indebted to 

 many who assisted me in the compilation of these 

 memoirs, especially Sir David Gamble, Mr. Gossage, 

 Mr. E. K. Muspratt, Mr. Deacon, Mr. Rayner and 

 Mr. Spence. 



J.F.A. 



ON the 15th January (1907), whilst these pages 

 wore in the press, Mr. William Gamble, a grandson 

 of Josias Christopher Gamble, died, and just three 

 > afterwards his father, Sir David Gamble, 

 passed away. The death of Mr. William Gamble, 

 who was in the prime of life, occurred with 

 startling suddenness; he was a director of the 

 United Alkali Company, having had a most careful 

 and thorough training in all the details of th< 

 business whilst associated with his father. Il<> 

 had devoted himself to the welfare and progress 

 of St. Helens, and the whole district was moved 

 with sorrow at the loss of a life that had been for 



