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John Downie was strongly critical of the management of the railways and several times clashed with the railway companies on that score. On the other hand, he was able to reach a satisfactory arrangement with the
Chartered Company to solve the problems of simplifying the collection of mining revenue,
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shipping and forwarding house, where he later rose to be managing director. He was interested in a number of gold mining ventures, and in addition to his firm acted as manager of the
Portland Cement Works for some time. John Downie later sold his interests in the firm, and in 1920 he became manager
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