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Tobacco Securities Trust Company, Limited

INCREASED TAXATION EFFECTS THE twelfth annual general meeting of this company was held, on January 25th, in London. The Right Hon. Lord Catto of Cairncatio presided, and in......

Woolworths In War Time

It becomes more apparent every year that F. 1 . Woolworth and Co., the low price chain stores, IMO counted among our most alert and adaptable individ concerns. Last year, in......

A Defence Of Freedom

Like Mr. Campbell the Westminster Bank chairman also looks for a growth of deposits and advances. Mr. Rupert Beckett believes that even after allowing for an increase in savings......

Company Meetings

THE UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA DIVIDEND 7 PER CENT. THE annual general meeting of the Union Bank of Australia, Limited, was held on January 29th at 71, Cornhill, E.C. Major-General......

Steel Price Increase

The steel " control " has been more persistent than most of the new controlling authorities in its efforts to keep down prices. It has succeeded in keeping prices of the......

A Banker On Exports

There is the tang of the industrial north in Mr. Gerard Dewhurses review at the annual meeting of William Deacon's bank in Manchester. While emphasising th e importance of a......