Sir James Snooker, Bart. (Chairman of the Perishable Clothing Co. Ltd)

Western Daily Press, Thursday 27 November 1919

PRIZE BONDS.

Opposition to the issue of prize bonds by the State has taken a variety of forms, and among them may be included the issue of a prospectus for “The People’s Benefit Trust.” At first glance it might pass for one of the many documents of the kind that have lately been issued, but a very slight examination indicates its real nature. The office is given as in “Chicanery Lane.” The list of directors is amusing. Here are the names: —Sir James Snooker, Bart. (Chairman of the Perishable Clothing Co. Ltd); Random Shot. Esq. (President of the German Silver and Faked Jewellery Syndicate); …