28 JULY 1984, Page 20

Hush

Tt is worrying in more ways than one to lhear the international bankers proclaim, as they do now, that they sleep like babies. The explanation may come from the world of shipping, which has been in trouble for even longer than the world of banking. 'Yes,' a city shipping magnate is heard to say, 'these days I sleep exactly like a baby. Every two hours I wake up screaming.'

Christopher Fildes