PATRIOT’S BANKRUPTCY
HOWARD HOULDER’S LOST FORTUNE. London, Januaiw 25. At a meeting of creditors of Howard Houlder, a statement of affairs showed that Houlder in 1920 was worth £400,000. He responded to the "all for help to forward the patriotic work of reconstruction necessitated by tho ' var ’ The result was that he now mved about £105,800 unsecured. It was estimated that the assets would about equal that amount. A trustee was appointed. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . [Howard Houlder, aged 65, chairman of Howard Houlder and Partners, Ltd., entered his father’s office of Houlder Bros, and Co. in 1876, and opened an office in Glasgow in 1881, starting business on his own account four years later. Ho built up a tremendous shipbroking and shipowning business. His unexpected failure caused a sensation. The failure does not in any way affect Howard Houlder and Partners or Houlder Bros, and Co.]
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 104, 28 January 1924, Page 7
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146PATRIOT’S BANKRUPTCY Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 104, 28 January 1924, Page 7
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