New Companies with Shipping and Banking Ambitions
Several ventures announce plans through the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association and Credit Mobilier Limited. They include the Merchant Shipping Company Limited aiming to acquire the Somes Brothers fleet and Thames docks, London Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company to expand Millwall works, Freemasons Tavern Company to build a grand hall, Natal Investment Company to finance colonial land and ventures, Connecting Sure Owners to develop river steamship systems, and Peninsular West Indian and Southern Bank to operate in the West Indies and Southern States with branches planned postwar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Somes
Messrs. Somes Brothers
Agra and Masterman’s Bank (Limited
Credit Mobilier (Limited
English and Scottish Marine Insurance Company (Limited
London Engineering and Iron Surpourtpine Company
Limrrep
Oriental Financial Corporation (Limited
London Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited
Thames
Freemasons’ Tavern Company
Lawrep
Natau Investment Company (Limited
Natal
Luurrep
Thomas MacSweeney
Seine
Peninsular
West Indian
Soutern Bank
Limbep
West Indies
America
St. Thomas
Nassau
Bermuda
Havana
Liverpool
Several London Companies Declare Varied Dividends at Meetings
Directors report shows London and Lisbon Corkwood Company posting a surplus of £5450 12s 11d after half year dividend, with a recommended 5s per share. St James's Hotel Company declares 10 per cent annual dividend for 14 months. United Kingdom Railway Rolling Stock and Australian Trust Company announce their dividends free of tax. Other meetings note adjournments and partial line completions for Pneumatic Despatch and National Navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London and Lisbon
United Kingdom Railway
Pneumatic Despatch Company (Limited
Euston Road
Holborn
Australian Trust Company
United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company
British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
Navicati
Liverpool
Tonal Steam Navigation Company
London and African Trading Company (Limited
Richmond Hill’ Hotel Company (Limited
London
W. H. Dickson
Granger
Whetham
Maxwell
Boussot
Electric and International Telegraph Company
City of London Brewery Company
London Tavern
James Duke
Forestreet Warehouse Company (Limited
Morrison, Dillon, and Co
Morrison
Factage Parisien (Limited
Humber
Bahia Steam Navigation Company (Limited
Land Credit Company of Ireland (Limited
Bedford Hotel Company (Limited
Brighton
International Hotel Company
London Bridge
Baumgartner
Gearing
London and African Trading Company call due in September
The London and African Trading Company Limited requires a call of £2 per share by 1 September. A £1 per share call on Richmond Hill Hotel Company Limited is due by 30 August.
Board of Trade Circular Calls Railways to Improve In-Train Communication
The Board of Trade urges railway directors to consider means to improve communication between train carriages in motion to prevent fires, accidents, and criminal acts. Proposals include windows with curtains, guard handrails and footboards, and a cord linked to the engine. The Lords seek directors’ opinions on practicality and any general compulsory regulations.
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Whitehall
Committee of Privy Council For Trade
James BooTu
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