PEPPER POOL FINANCE
INVESTIGATION DEMANDED BROKERS ON-BRINK OF RUIN LONDON, February 11. Mr. Joseph Rolls, head of the Mincing Lane firm of Rolls and Son, brokers, founded in 1861, issued a statement that "the inability of the pepper pool to finance purchases which we made in good faith on their behalf means ruin to my firm. There should be the fullest investigation of the pepper pool activities." Rolls and Son had to find £280,000 to stave off failure. The "Financial News" estimates.that Adairs commitments are nearly £i;ooo,ooo. •-.."■.-•■ .
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Evening Post, Issue 36, 12 February 1935, Page 9
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87PEPPER POOL FINANCE Evening Post, Issue 36, 12 February 1935, Page 9
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