A BULLOCK IN A TEA CUP."
The late Mr J. L. Johnstone was in some respects a remarkable man. He first saw'the light at Ro'slyn, Midlothian, in 1839, and was educated at Edinburgh. He was a born ‘‘universal provider." as he proved in the Franco-Prussian war, when he kept alive for some time, with
his concentrated foods, a 'goodly part of the French army. Eventually he struck “Bovril," an article of commerce with which everyone is familiar, and this, no less because of Its name than its virtues, made his fortune. Mr Johnstone' was fond of an advertisement showing a buLloek in a tea. cup, but he himself found the Worth of a good many bullocks in that way. Gut of this one commodity he made, it is said, over a million of mpney, which enabled him to set up as a nabob in England, arid to become a .“pal" of such men as the present Duke of Argyie -'and' other notables.
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New Zealand Mail, 21 February 1901, Page 17
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162A BULLOCK IN A TEA CUP." New Zealand Mail, 21 February 1901, Page 17
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