Volkswirtschaftliches Lesebuch für Kaufleute

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Identifikator:: 879457236

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-16989

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Volkswirtschaftliches Lesebuch für Kaufleute

Place of publication:: Frankfurt a. O.

Publisher:: Verlag der Waldow'schen Buch- und Kunsthandlung (R. Wengler)

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 514 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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Document type:: Monograph

Structure type:: Chapter

Title:: Zweiter Teil. — Handel

Collection:: Economics Books

THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK The largest block of shares is held by Mr. William Julian Courtauld. He is crippled by a weakness of the thigh, but he is very active in the public affairs of Braintree and Essex county. He is a magistrate and town councillor. He lives in a house called ““ Penny Pot.” His hobbies are music and astronomy. He has given Braintree a £20,000 recreation ground, a £25,000 hospital, and a £50,000 town hall. They have many interests besides business —these Courtaulds. Major John S. Courtauld is M.P. for Chichester. Miss Sydney C. Courtauld is a sculptor. And Miss Katherine M. Courtauld is a practical farmer. The Rev. Maitland S. Courtauld is a curate—the richest curate in England, no doubt. He has spent his whole life in the London slums. He is an ascetic-looking man of about 50. His church is St. Peter’s, at Wapping. He has been labouring here, to relieve the miseries and to strengthen the faith of the poor, for more than 20 years. Many stories are told of his selfless benevo- lence. ‘“ The . children worship him, and so do the aged women,” said one of his In

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