PENNILESS PRUSSIAN BOY.
BECAME MILLIONAIRE SHIPOWNER. DEATH OF SIR ROBERT ROPNER. IBy Electric Cable—Copyright,] [Ausi nml N.Z Cable Assrvi itlon.] (Received Sunday, 7 p.m.) LONDON, July 26. Sir Robert Ropner, the shipbuilder, left £3,615,000. The estate duties amount to £1,468,000. Ropner was born in Prussia. His parents intended bim for the Lutheran Ministry, but he stowed away and landed in England penniless and friendless. He entered the employment of a shipping office, and nineteen years later, became sole owner of its fleet.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2434, 28 July 1924, Page 5
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82PENNILESS PRUSSIAN BOY. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2434, 28 July 1924, Page 5
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