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...concluded Mr. Bloor, "I had forgotten all about the local train to Wigan...
Mighty in England are the Lancashire coal, iron and steel companies known as the Pearson & Knowles group. Mighty too is Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Under last week's plan the metal units of these two rivals will be grouped as Lancashire Steel Corp. This company will be capitalized at $27,745,000, will be controlled by Securities Management Trust through the purchase of 500,000 voting shares at £1 each. Next fall new capital will be brought to the company by selling a large issue of 7% preferred to J. Henry Shroder & Co., potent international bankers. The coal units...
Died. Right Hon. Stephen Walsh, 70, of Wigan, England, Secretary of War in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, longtime Laborite Member of Parliament; in Wigan...