Illiterate Millionaire.
Mr. Solomon Andrews, of Cardiff, one of th? most remarkable business men in the Kingdom, died last month, at the age of seventy-three, in his native town, where he had accumulated a fortune which is estimated at. a million. He could neither read nor write, and he started by hawking on a tray pies and tarts that he had baked himself, but his energy knew no bounds. He has left a variety of businesses, such as have seldom before been controlled by one man. His properties consisted of — Lines of omnibuses in Cardiff. London, Manchester, Plymouth, and Portsmouth. Tramways in various Welsh towns. Builder's business in Cardiff. Coach-building factory. Cab-yard. Furniture-removing establishment. Undertaker’s business. Restaurants. Thirty coffee taverns. Confectionery shops. Grocery shops. Ironmongery shops. Drapery shops. ' • Fruiterer’s shops. Mines and quarries in North Wales. Much landed property. Half the town of Barmouth. The greater part of Pwllheli.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 1, 6 January 1909, Page 43
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149Illiterate Millionaire. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 1, 6 January 1909, Page 43
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