2 FEBRUARY 1929, page 36

Finance—public And Private

Why Industry is Depressed" The persistence of industrial di f ficulties of which chronic large-scale unemployment is the most arresting sign, ought of itself to be sufficient to......

New Companies In 1928.

The year 1928 was, of course, remarkable for the number of issues of capital which were made and it is interesting to note, from the review by Messrs. Jordan and Sons, the......

Financial Notes

LESS ACTIVE MARKETS. THIS week began with distinetlY less buoyant conditions in the Stock Markets, reflecting a less bullish State in Wall Street, the decline having been most......

Steam Accumulation.

The call for efficiency in industrial production is causing increasing attention to be given to the methods of economizing power supply, among which steam accumulation has been......

Sun Life Assurance.

The Sun Life Assurance Society, which confines its business to the United Kingdom, makes an excellent showing in its latest annual report, the new business figures having......

The Bank Of England. - - •

The task of filling vacancies on the Court of Directors of the Bank of England always arouses much interest in the City, and the recommendation of the names of Sir Basil......

Answers To . Questions On Modem Historical Quotations 1....

Lord Gough.-3. Amiens. 4. Pitt.-5. Bismarck.-6. Voltaire on Byng's execution. 7. Fox on the Fall of the Bastille.-8. The ex-Kaiser after -the murder of the Austrian Archduke.-9.......

A Library List

MISCELLANEOUS :-Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori. By Raymond Firth. (Routledge. 25s.)-- Prohibition or Control. By Reginald E. Hose. (Longman, Green. 10s. 6d.)-The.......