12 APRIL 1930, Page 19

FINANCE—PREMIUM HUNTERS BUSY .

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I read your notes with the greatest interest—as a genuine investor who received a very small proportion of the sum I applied for in the Birmingham stock. Can nothing more be done to secure preferential treatment for the genuine investor?, It is appalling that a progressive and vigilant Council like Birmingham does not treat its own stockholders with P.S.—I am sending a copy of your remarks to the Birming- ham Treasurer.