AN INTERESTING PARTNERSHIP. • Not the least interesting among the
New Year partnerships was the announcement that Messrs. Morgan, Grenfell and Company had taken into partnership Sir Thomas Sivewright C,atto, Bart. A partnership in Messrs. Morgan, Grenfell and Company carries with it high distinction in the City, but Sir Thomas also brings to the firm many disti4ctions won during his business career. It may be recalled that during the War he was actively engaged in the commimion in the United States for the purchase. of foodstuffs, the operations- being handled with consummate skill. For rhany years he has been Managing Director of the firm of Andrew Yule and. Company in Calcutta—a firm closely identified with the bank business of Morgans—and he was one of the few members of the Economic Committee set up by Lord Inchcape on his
'visit to India some few years ago. At the same time as the, announcement of the admission of Sir Thomas Catto as partner the firm also made the interesting intimation that Mr: - Randal Hugh Vivian Smith, son of Mr. Vivian Hugh Smith; had been authorized to sign for the firm.
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