20 JANUARY 1933, page 36

Finance—public & Private

A Banker on War Debts I CONSIDER that, in every sense of the word, the speech delivered by Mr. F. C. Goodenough, the Chairman of Barclays Bank, at the annual gathering of......

Financial Notes

NEW CAPITAL ACTIVITY. Tim modification of the Treasury restrictions concerning fresh issues of capital has been referred to by more than one newspaper as constituting a help to......

Recent Issuxs.

Already there are signs of stirrings of life in the matter of capital flotations, and one of the first industrial concerns which has been prompt in taking advantage of the......

The Railway Stockholders' Plight.

Whatever may be the opinions formed as to the merits or demerits of the Railway workers' stand against any fresh reduction in wages, considerable sympathy is expressed for......

The Wage Problem.

This problem of wages, clashing as it must often do with the claims of those who have put capital into the industry, is, indeed, a thorny one, and I am far from suggesting that......

Borrowing More Cheaply.

Before the days of extreme cheapness of money, which has been a feature of markets for nearly a year, interest rates had ruled at a high level, with the result that, for the......