22 NOVEMBER 1963, page 28

Company Notes

By LOTHBURY M R. JOHN BEDFORD, chairman of Deben- hams, the fashion house and departmental stores group, tells shareholders that it is the group's policy to extend facilities......

Investment Notes

By CUSTOS T HE idea that the Bank of England would put up Bank rate the first week that the Prime Minister appeared in the House of Commons was not taken too seriously by the......

Living For Kicks

ALL good sleuths are supermen, but some are more magical than others. There are the strong silent men who snarl into action when deeply roused. There are the bold, brave,......

Fire !

IT was no ordinary whiff of grapeshot that gave Amritsar—the pool of nectar—its horrid name. The 1,600 rounds of .303 fired on April 13, 1919, on General Dyer's orders, into an......