17 OCTOBER 1931, page 34

The City's View.

I cannot help thinking, however, that in the present instance the view which is taken by the City of the forth- coming contest is the right one, and I want to set it out very......

Precautionary Measures.

The directors of the Bank have taken carefully into con- sideration the effect of the exchange depreciation upon the capital of the bank, which is so largely employed in South......

Proofs Of Repentance.

Indeed,._there is little doubt that the situation at the Present moment would be even worse than it is but for the, fact that the National Government during its brief period of......

Anglo-south American Bank.

It was almost a foregone conclusion that in the case of all banks operating in South America, where the exchange, have so greatly depreciated in terms of sterling, that the......

Banking In Japan.

Although the trade depression which Japan and other countries is suffering has occasioned a reduction in the profits for the past half-year, the directors of the Yokohama Specie......

Solvency Or Bankruptcy ?

Imagine, then, what would be the position if the public were now told that all these reforms =were a mere pretence, that expenditure was to rise still farther, that the Dole......

Years Of Extravagance.

Even during the heat of an election it is very important not to distort facts, and, therefore, in referring to the orgy of extravagance in National expenditure on the part of......

Too Late.

• Instead of perceiving that the growth in unproductive expenditure ' and .the consequent increase in taxation constituted in themselves one of the chief causes of depression,......

Financial Notes

HOME STOCKS BETTER. THE stock markets are naturally dominated at the present time by election uncertainties. Or rather, it would, perhaps, be more correct to say by hopes of a......