IMMENSE FORTUNE
FORESIGHT AND COURAGE Ernest Owers at 48 was an unsuccessful man. On the credit side he had vision and a few pounds. Ernest Owers at 78 died worth i £400,000. He made that immense fortune i through foresight and courage, states the "Daily Mail." He calculated, accurately, which way London would spread most rapidly. i With very little capital he started i business as an estate agent in West Hampstead. His office boy, 14, was Charles Death, and Charles was paid 2s 6d a week. That was a strain on Ernest Owers's pocket. Posters advertising his business he pasted up himself. He was told "They say the underground railway is going to Golders Green." That was in 1906. "Indeed!" said Ernest Owers, "so am I." And he did. He built a wooden shed opposite the station, and bought much of the farmland that surrounded it. Ever at his side was Charles Death, the ofFice-boy-that-was. By now he was a partner and had married. Still the business prospered. A fewyears ago Ernest Owers cried "Enough." He sold the business —retired. Now he is dead and his will is published. Charles Death? Of him the will says:— "I bequeath £50,000 to Charles Death, of the Grove, Monken Hadley, Barnet, in recognition of our great friendship and also of many years of business association."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 108, 10 May 1939, Page 21
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223IMMENSE FORTUNE Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 108, 10 May 1939, Page 21
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