23 FEBRUARY 1940, page 32

Great Western Dividend

First among the railways to give us its 1939 figures, the Great Western has fulfilled our highest hopes. In, the eight months up to the outbreak of war gross receipts from rail-......

Finance And Investment

SOONER than most people expected the Treasury has embarked on the requisitioning of dollar securities. Admittedly this first move is only a very modest beginning, covering a......

Transport " C " Prospect

Amid the excitement of the Government's deal with the main-line railways the less fortunate position of the London Transport Board has been overlooked. Unlike the main- line......

English Electric Profits

In these days of high taxation record trading profits do not always imply an increase in the net amount available for dividends. The English Electric results for 1939 provide a......