6 JANUARY 1939, page 40

Financial Notes Bankers' Clearings Fall

THE volume of bills and cheques handled by the London clearing banks in 1938 provides the first rather rudimentary yardstick by which we can measure the combined effects of......

A Hundred Years Ago

" THE SPECTATOR," JANUARY 5TH, 1839 Preparations for foreign war are in progress. A circular from the Recruiting Department of the Horse Guards directs commanding- officers to......

£2,500,000 Diamond Share Dem.

A rearrangement of holdings in the diamond industry, involving £2,Soo,000, was announced last week. De Beers Consolidated Mines have bought from Anglo American Investment Trust......

American Banking Centenary Congratulations Are Due To The...

Company of New York, the leading American banking house, which celebrated its hundredth birthday on January 1st. The Articles of the Bank of Commerce, which was later merged......

De Havilland's Good Figures Aircraft Expansion Is Now...

very obvious in the results of the leading aircraft manufacturing companies. De Havilland Aircraft Company earned a net profit of £152,812 for the year ended September 30th,......

Britain's Gold Holding

The statement of the Exchange Equalisation Account's position as at September 30th shows the extent to which gold had been lost in defence of the pound sterling up to the peak......

" The Spectator " Crossword No. 323 .

BY ERIO (A prize of a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be......

Solution To Crossword No. 327

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