16 JANUARY 1926, page 35

. .unfavourable Trade Figures.

And; if evidence Were required of the necessity -for an improVeinent in the industrial position of the ,country . as a whole, it is undoubtedly furnished by the Board of Trade......

Growth In Expenditure.

But while this is true, and while it is impossible .yet to dogmatize with regard to the position to be disclosed by Mr. Winston Churchill at the 31st of March next, it would be......

Financial Notes

MONETARY AND OTHER FACTORS BOTH the Money Market and the Stock Exchange may be said to have been dominated during the past week by two factors which are closely linked, namely,......

Need For Economy.

It must not be forgotten, however, that before the next Budget is produced something should have been heard both as regards economy recommendations by the Committee which is now......

- - - - - _la-roe - Fun - Ds In Hand. _

Already it is being freely reported that the cost of the coal subsidy will be met by an addition to the National_ Debt in one form or another, and probably in the shape .. of......

A Bank Dividend Raised While Most Of The Banking Results

for the past half year have been satisfactory in character, it has .been _reserved to the National Provincial Bank to make an actual increase _in its dividends. - Moreover ,-......

* * * * Foreign Loans

This view may be said to have gained greater acceptance, but at the same time there has been sufficient uncertainty with regard to the situation—it might be said, almost,......

Our Heavy Itaxation.

At all . events, unless there should be some quite unexpected falling off in -Revenue during the next 2 . 4- .months, there is no reason to suppose that the Deficit (if any)......