The sumptuous furnishings of the hôtel particulier which has been home to Rothschilds and Al Thanis are going up for sale this week in a landmark Sotheby s auction.
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The Rothschilds fabulous stake in canada
Peter C. Newman
SAYS ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD: There was the De Beers diamond mine, then the loan that helped Disraeli buy the Suez. Now this. This could be the biggest of them all
LAST WINTER twenty Quortok Eskimos and two bearded prospectors herded ten huskydrawn sleds loaded with six tons of iron Ore through northern Quehecs numbing cold from Morgan Lake to an inlet off Ungava Bay just below the 60th Parallel. l.ike thousands of other Canadians who do not realize it. the members of this Arctic caravan were working for N. Ni. Rothschild & Sons. the world s most powerful private hank, which has during the past tour ears cautiously and secretly acquired a huge stake in (`anada. 1 he ore was being brought out I rom deposits owned by Oceanic Iron Ore of Canada ltd. for trans-shipment to metallurgical laboratories in Montreal after spring breakup. Oceanic is a suhsidiar y of i echnical NI Inc Consultants I ,ti,I., which in turn is owned by Rio