3 MARCH 1939, page 50

Southern Railway Prospects

Listening to Mr. Holland-Martin's address to Southern Railway stockholders one could not help noticing a difference in atmosphere and outlook which distinguishes this meeting......

Electrical Equipment Yields

If one can judge from the results just disclosed by the English Electric Company, which, in spite of low selling prices, achieved a record profit last year, the electrical......

Finance And Investment

HAVING been wrong in January, when prices plunged and Hitler failed to roar, the Stock Exchange now seems to be anxious to make up for lost time and money. Nobody would claim......

Caution At Euston

Having erred on the side of optimism a year ago, Lord Stamp seemed determined to sit on the fence at this year's meeting of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. He did......

Living On Capital ?

My forecast that last year's adverse balance of payments would not differ materially from that of 1937 is now con- firmed by the Board of Trade estimates. Nobody pretends that......