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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9788, 3 March 1910, Page 3

A story is told of a well-known Sneffteld tenor, who, when asked to sing at a dinner, although he had no music with him, went on to tho platform to try, He did his best, but ho broke down in the middle, and. retired. He was cheered up by an elderly man sitting next to him, who tapped him on the shoulder and said : " Never mind, lad, tlia's done thy befit; but't feller 'atasked thee to sing ou't to be shot!" The annual balance sheet of Messrs Krujip and Co., of Essen, shows that the net profit for the last business year amounted to £780,881, as compared with £924.408 in the preceding year. These profits enable the company to declare a dividend of 8 per cent, while at the same time a |x>rtion of the profits, amounting to £30,000, has been voluntarily contributed to tho workmen's pension funds. Messrs Krupp paid during last year upwards of £177,000 in taxes, £197,713 towards the compulsory State insurance of workmen. and £264,214 as voluntary contributions to various charities. The pension fund of the employees of the firm --'»vr has a c°-Dital of £1,791.282.