TRADE AND FINANCE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2244, 2 September 1914, Page 6

TRADE AND FINANCE

i A'STOGK EXCHANGE INQUIRY i ..... ', .(R«c. September 1, 6,25'.p.m.) • London, August 31. Thei" Government! insurance into on ' cargoes is'now 2 per cent. #o Stock Exchange Committee has ordered all members to make a confidential return, of the. amount they owe the banks, stating Whether they are with or without-a margin; also the amount they have open in Consols,, Irish" two" and three-quarter per cents., • India-•three's and three and .a half s, co-J

lonial and foreign partly paid scrips, and all stocks and shares of which the . Settlement Department undertakes tho settlement. It is believed that- infor- . mation is required in order to ascer- , tain whether it is possible to reopen tho i Stock Exchange.' , THE MORATORIUM. ~ (Rec. September 1, 5.5 p.m.) . London, August 31. In answer to a question in the House of Lords, the Marquis of Crewe, Secre. tary of State for India, stated it was impossible" to arrange that the moratorium should forthwith cease. It must continue within limits. \ BRITISH GOODS INSTEAD OF. GERMAN. (Rec. September' 2, 0.20 a.m.) Ottawa, August 31. Addressing a huge gathering at the opening, of the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto, Sir William Mulock, of the Ontario High Court Bench, urged all Canadians to refuse to. buy German goods, and to develop Canadian manufactures instead. • , .'-' _' ; .