12 MARCH 1927, Page 3

We also much regret to record the death of Mr.

Arnold Hills, who was for many years an unfailing correspondent of the Spectator. For a considerable part of his life he was paralysed, yet his mind was invincible. His friends will never forget his gallant fight against heavy odds (as director of the Thames Iron Works) to preserve the shipbuilding industry in London. He could not always persuade his workpeople to agree with him, but he was deeply and ,humanely interested in social problems. He lived among his men and introduced systems of profit-sharing. In both his public and his private work his generous instincts matched his marvellous courage.