19 MAY 1961, page 32

Roundabout

Are There Other Wines? By KATHARINE WHITEHORN AT this time of year, there is no vintage in the champagne country. The great mechanical presses lie dismembered and empty; the......

Investment Notes

By CUSTOS W HAT brokers call 'consolidation' is at work in the share markets. Buying and selling is more evenly matched. The Trustee Bill is expected to pass before the summer......

Company Notes

E BEERS report that their diamond sales for 1960 were less by £1,435,000 than in 1959 and that a substantial quantity of diamonds mined in Russia were purchased by their sub-......