3 MARCH 1928, page 52

Financial Notes

QUIETER MARKETS. THE Stock Markets during the past few days have been slightly affected by a rather firmer tendency in the Mony Market. That tendency has been mainly due to the......

Finance—public And Private

Sir Josiah Stamp on the Railway Position FROM the moment that Sir Josiah Stamp's appointment, first as President of the Executive, and subsequently as Chairman of the London......

An Excellent Insurance Report.

The annual Report of the Pearl Assurance Company is a good one, showing progress in all directions. In the industrial branch there was an advance in the premium income to......

Underground Railway Group.

Interest in Lord Ashfield's periodical statements at the meeting of the Underground Railway group always extends considerably beyond the actual stockholders of those under-......

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Sem-mu Wmows' FUND. The Scottish Widows' Fund is now so near another quin- quennium that good results seem to be almost a foregone conclusion, and Lord Kinross, who presided at......

Estonian Independence.

In congratulating the Estonian Republic upon the tenth anniversary of its independence, it is satisfactory also to emphasize the extent of the country's economic recovery during......

It Is Interesting To Note How, Hi Spite Of Its

extended use, electricity has failed to disturb the profits of gas companies. Not only have the reports; of eaeh - leading gascompany published recently been of. a ry satisfacto......

Answers To Questions On Choosing A Wife—in Fact And Fiction

1. Sir Thomas More, because " he considered that it would be both great grief and some shame also to the eldest to see her sister in marriage preferred before her " (Thomas......

For Reports Of Company Meetings, See Pp. 338 To 343.

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