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MONEY BEHIND THE srREr.N .'i5
TriiHt, Ltd., and National Canning Co., Ltd. C'. M. Wooll and 11. Wilcox are prominently asHOciatt'd witli the (Jcncral l^'ilni LintributorH — UniverHal grouj) of conipanicH. \V. }\. Cock hum is also a director of ThonuiH «fe Kvans, Ltd.
None of the individual HharcholdcrH liHtcd control an much aa four per cent, of the cai)ital, the largest holding being regiHl*;red in the name of the Midland Hank (Threadnecdle Stn'i^t) NomineeH Lt<l. (18,100). A number of other bankers nominee.s companieH and inveHtment trusts hold between 2,(KM) and 4,(HH) sliares each. Individual shareholders listed include : — • Oukinauy
NoniH M. AgiH'w, Kh(j., and Huotlicr (I)iir(t()r, linuiliuiy Agiicw &, Shahk.s.
("(). Ltd., pn^prietoiH ol •' ruiuh ") ' 3,000
Looi)()kl AU)u (South African mining magnate and Chairman ot IMuinix
Oil companirs) [].(H)H
.lamcH h. Ambler ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .'{.THT)
Kiehard M. Beeeh r,,H50
Mr8. Kathleen Bowhill and others 3,ir>0
Ix^onard A. Bromner 2,.'J40
Noel B. Brooks, M.C., and another (Chairman, Bolsover CollierieM Ltd.) 2.0(H>
The lit. Hon. Earl of Carnarvon 3,900
Robert R. Crewdson (Director, Horroeksen, Crewdson i\. Co. Ltd., PowerGas Corporation Ld., Chattanooga Co. Ld., Ma/.apil Copp<'r Co., L<1.) 2,0(X)
Reginald G. B. Evans 5,350
Russell E. Fa wens (Director, Hartley Cooper & Co., Ltd.) 3,8(K)
8ir Edward Holt, Bt. (Govcmor Joseph Holt, Ltd., brewers) 2,000
Sir FoUett Holt, K.B.E. (Chairman or Director of li) companies, incl. liarclays Bank, South American banking, railway, meat, etc.,
companies, Pullman Car Co., Ltd.) 2,000
Robert G. MacMillan (of Lloyds) 2,000
Sir Frederick J. Marquis, J. P. (Diicctor or Managing-Director of Lewis's Bank Ltd. (this bank itself also holds C,790 shares), Lewis's Investment Trust Ltd., Le^v^s'8 Ltd. (the retail stores), Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co., Ltd., Martin's Bank Ltd.,
Royal Insurance Co., Ltd., and G other companies) 3,000
Francis Redfern (Director, Distillers Co., Ltd., and 5 bottle
manufacturing companies) ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,450
Sir Frederick H. Richmond, Bt. (Chairman, Debenhams Ltd., Harvey, Nichols & Co., Ltd., Newquay Knitting Co., Ltd., and Director of
Royal Exchange Assurance) 2,000
Miss Lavinia S. Smith 4,680
Miss Maud Soward 5,850
Sir Kenneth D. Stewart, K.B.E. (Director, Thome & Co., Ltd.,
Manchester Ship Canal Co.) 2,000
Miss Dorothy M. Stonard 2,340
Lieut. Humphrey H. Sykes 2,500
Ernest Taylor (Managing-Director, British Can Co., Ltd.) 2,000
Lieut. -Col. Frankhn Thomasson (Director, First Garden City Ltd., etc.) 2,000 Harold R. Turner (Chairman, Ferodo Ltd. ; Vice-Chairman, Turner &
Newall Ltd. ; Director, Rhodesian & General Asbestos Corp. Ltd.) 3,000 Samuel Turner, J. P. (Chairman, Turner & Newall Ltd., Samuel Turner & Co., Turner Bros. Asbestos Co., Ltd., Raw Asbestos Distributors
Ltd. ; Director, District Bank Ltd. ) 2,000
Ernest Tweedale 4,000
Alfred Watkin (Direc-tor, Martins Bank Ltd., London & Lanca-shire Insurance Co., Ltd., ^Manchester Liners Ltd., Manchester Ship Canal Co. ; Chairman, Lloyds Packing Warehouses Ltd.) ... 2,000
(The above are taken from sharelist dated LI. 1930.)