25 FEBRUARY 1928, page 35

System Is The Gold Standard, And He Has Written Quite

a lengthy book about it, in which an endeavour is made to trace almost every- evil from .which we are suffering at the present time—certainly all the industrial and economic......

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SOUTH METROPOLITAN CAS. - The" -- report - of 'the SoUth Metropolitan - Gas Company is a good one. The Revenue - from sales rose - by over 1.100:000 to 'a total of £8,412,000,......

An " Attack."

Nor are the advantages which undoubtedly accrue from the Gold Standard such as the credit of the London Money Market, the interest received on our enormous holdings of foreign......

Scottish Life Assurance.

In the absence of the Duke of Atholl, through illness, it fell to the chairman of -the board, Sir John L. MacLeod, to Place before the annual meeting of the Scottish Life Assur-......

Bradford Dyers:

A considerable increase in earnings is shown in the report of the Bradford Dyers Association. For the past year the profit was £708,000 against only £551,000 for 1926 and......

The Statement Made At The Meeting Of The Southern Railway

by the chairman, Brigadier-General the Hon. Sir Everard Baring, produced a good impression on City circles, the view, taken on the Stock Exchange of the prospects of the company......

Financial Notes

INVESTMENTS AND OIL SHARES BETTER. THE week has been a fairly active One on the Stock Exchange, the outstanding feature being the fact that dealings have been most active in......

Finance-public & Private

Are Industrials Too High ? ONE or two influences during the last fortnight seem to have had rather marked effect upon the general tendency of business on the Stock Exchange. A......

A Successful Year.

At the meeting held on Thursday of the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance. Society, the chairman had an excellent Report to place before the shareholders. The year was......