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Page 61
... London practice to support every claim in a prospectus with signed documents - a practice soon to disappear . Some critics said that the railway might cost £ 300,000 - double the company's estimate . Knox failed to raise the money in ...
... London practice to support every claim in a prospectus with signed documents - a practice soon to disappear . Some critics said that the railway might cost £ 300,000 - double the company's estimate . Knox failed to raise the money in ...
Page 119
... London directors of North Lyell . MacArthur , a brilliant metallurgist , and Mackay , a London financier who dominated the counsels of the company , did not see the mine until they had been directing it for two and a half years . They ...
... London directors of North Lyell . MacArthur , a brilliant metallurgist , and Mackay , a London financier who dominated the counsels of the company , did not see the mine until they had been directing it for two and a half years . They ...
Page 156
... London magnates who could not spare three months of each year to hurry half - way across the world ; and it was not until February 1902 , when two new directors were appointed , that the chairman was able to announce that the London ...
... London magnates who could not spare three months of each year to hurry half - way across the world ; and it was not until February 1902 , when two new directors were appointed , that the chairman was able to announce that the London ...
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