OVER A MILLION.
I Liabilities Of Deceased i ' Financier. FRIENDS INVOLVED. i Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 17. The "Evening Standard'' says that the personal liabilities of Mr. James White, the financier, who committed suicide, are estimated at £140,000. and the liability for stocks and shares (which are mainly connected witi. his final unavailing 'gamble) are £470.000. It is believed that friends who joined in the gamble are liable fni £<>00.000.— 1 (Sydney "Sun.")
" KING'S ROLL.'' I | EMFLOYING DISABLED MEN. ! .Itritlsh Official Wireless. • j RUGBY, July 17. ' Some iT.-Vifi employers of labour in 'Britain «r«• oil the "King"? Roll" of those : who employ a certain percentage of dis.i• -ii ex-S'rviee men. Enrolled firm.- now employ approximately <>! such men. <tc>\ eminent departments discriminate where possible in favour of enrolled firms when placing contracts, and 581 muni;c:ptal bodies now follow a similar course.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 167, 18 July 1927, Page 7
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141OVER A MILLION. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 167, 18 July 1927, Page 7
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