6 MARCH 1926, page 36

* * * The Railway Meetings.

As with the banks, so with the railways, it is striking to note the increasing interest of the public in the annual meetings. Nor , is the development surprising. Just as in......

* * * * Prudential Paoannss.

The public is becoming so accustomed to fresh records in the matter of the Prudential Assurance Company that the latest annual Report seems to have been received almost as a......

A Record Year.

I was able to congratulate Selfridge & Co. last week upon the general excellence of the Annual Report and also upon the commendable manner in which it was presented, the share-......

Southern Progress.

In the case of the Southern Railway, the chairman Brigadier- General the Hon. Everard Baring, was able to give a good account of progress on the part of the company, especially......

Financial Notes

HESITATING MARKETS. There has been little in external influences to help the Stock Markets during the past week or two, and it says much for their fairly sound technical......

Finance-public And Private

BANKING PROFITS AND BANK SHARES i- BY ARTHUR W. KIDDY.: IN our special 'Banking Supplement accompanying the present issue, an itterupt has been made to show the connexion'......

Costs Of Transport.

Not the least interesting point made by Sir George Lawson Johnstone at the recent meeting of Bovril Limited was his .reference to the heavy charges of local transport as......

London Transport.

At the meeting of the Underground group, Lord Ashfield once more made a very forceful statement of the great services rendered by the group in the matter of passenger transit in......