16 FEBRUARY 1934, page 36

I Understand That The Abbey Road Building Society -

.. during the year ended December 31st, 1933, advanced on carefully selected mortgage securities over 16,400,000, which • represents a substantial increase on the corresponding......

Financial Notes

SUBDUED OPTIMISM. Ammuen a strong undercurrent of optimism is noticeable throughout the stock markets, business during the past week was to a.certain.extent restrained by a......

Harrods' Profits Up.

At these times, when every sign of improving trade is wel- comed, it is satisfactory to note that profits of retail houses are beginning to show expansion. The latest statement......

Cunard Debenture Stock.

The 5 per cent. Mortgage Debenture stock of the Cunard Steamship Company, of which there is £4,000,000 out- standing, has scarcely moved in price since the announcement was made......

Looking Ahead.

In the first place, the prospect of continuing service on the Debenture stock and subsequent redemption is strengthened by the present proposals, which, among other things,......

A Hundred Years Ago

"THE SPECTATOR," FEBRUARY 15Tir, 1834. Symptoms of reformation are at length visible in the proceedings of the Reformed Parliament. There is an evident improvement in tho tone......

Tobacco Profits.

Although the latest report of the Imperial Tobacco Company for the past year showed a heavy reduction in the profits, the balance-sheet continues to reveal an extraordinarily......

Popularity Of Gas.

I find it impossible not to admire the indefatigable energy of the Gas Companies in their competition with the more modern illuminants. Moreover, it is an energy which achieves......

Electric Povver Profits.

Electric Power Companies seem to be doing well, and the latest report of the Yorkshire Electric Power Company shows a considerable expansion in earnings, the net profit for 1933......