16 AUGUST 1930, page 32

Financial Notes

HOLIDAY MARKETS. THERE is little change to note in the general tendency of the stock markets. Business is slack, as is usual at this period of the year, but owing to the......

' ' A Fine Insurance Bomus.

Policyholders in the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company must have been gratified by the recent announcement that the directors had decided to increase the rate of......

The Australian Crisis.

A good feature of the past week has been the moderate rally in Australian Government securities. The crisis through which Australia is now passing can scarcely be one of brief......

Finance—public & Private

Building Societies and the Public TILE recent announcement by the Abbey Road Building Society temporarily limiting the amount that can be invested in its shares to £1,000, any......

Fundamentals.

If, however, the economic situation in Australia is ever to become really sound, there will also have to be a clear recog- nition by all the political parties of the necessity......