14 JANUARY 1966, page 24

Investment Notes

By CUSTOS A NEW three-week account has opened on the Stock Exchange with a mixed showing, but with government stocks barely holding their re- cent recovery. The market seemed to......

Bank Shares

Bank shares have been among my most con- stant recommendations and the results published in the last few days well exceed market expecta- tions. As everyone knows, banks arc not......

Company Notes

By LOTHBURY T HE report for the year ended October 2, 1965, from South Durham Steel and Iron is mildly encouraging, as work on the steel pipe side of the business should stay at......

Discount Shares

There is, in fact, a case for switching, selec- tively, from bank shares to the discount houses. The booming bank profits have been due a) the excessively high interest rates......

Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 265. G. N. CHENEY (Brooklyn Standard, i86o) BLACK (6 men) WHITE (8 men) wHITE to play and mate in three moves; solution next week. Solution to No. 264 (Wamey):......