21 MARCH 1931, page 46

Fancies And-facts. -- - Fortunately, However, We Have To...

with a com- munity still posseSsed of an average of sound 'common- sense, however much their quickness to appreciate the inwardness of the position may have been dulled by......

Taxation And Industry.

Again, I maintain that it should not be difficult to bring right home to the wage-earners the manner in which the incidence as well as the amount of taxation is responsible for......

Rio Tinto Developments.

Consent on the part of the shareholders of the Rio Tinto Copper Company to the issue of £2,000,000 in 5 per cent. debenture stock was practically a foregone conclusion, the......

Financial Notes

MARKETS QUIETLY CHEERFUL. THE present Fortnightly Account on the Stock Exchange extends over the Easter holidays, and that circumstance in itself tends to check dealings,......

• London Life Progress.

The new business figures of the London- Life Association for the past year exceeded 4.3,000,000 after deduction of reassurances, and of the new business nearly one - half Was......

* * * * Hongkong And Shanghai Bank.

There are two points which emerge very clearly from the latest annual report of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The first is that, notwithstanding disturbed......

False Doctrines.

Nor should it be difficult to explain to the mass of the people what is equally true, namely, that without economy in the National Expenditure and without the putting forth of......

Mazawattee.

The Annual Report of the Mazawattee Tea Company is a good one, the profit for the year amounting to £57,875 against 156,574 for the previous year. A further £5,000 is placed to......

A Gospel Of Hope.

Finally, however, I suggest that the gospel of Economy is not a gospel of negation, but one of great hope for the future. So far from decrying the demands of the com- munity not......