SPORT OR BUSINESS FIRST?
There were some amusing criticisms levelled at Sir Thomas Lipton at the annual meeting of Lipton. Ltd., held in Juno last. One shareholder complained that he “spent too much time on sport.” Sir Thomas was, ho remarked, a good sportsman as he was also a business man, and if lie spent the same time at the helm of the business as he did elsewhere it would have been better for the company. Another shareholder said that in Sir Thomas they had a most capable and experienced man, and if he had paid the same attention to .the affairs of the company as ho did when it was a private concern the company would bo paying a very high dividend to-day. Another shareholder, in criticising the directors, said; “God help the board if Sir Thomas wasn’t chairman.” The Deputy Chairman, in reply to the criticisms, said that Sir Thomas Lipton attended to the affairs of the company five days a week; and was often working until 7 and 8 in the evening.
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Evening Star, Issue 17764, 12 September 1921, Page 8
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175SPORT OR BUSINESS FIRST? Evening Star, Issue 17764, 12 September 1921, Page 8
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