Shareholders

Bonus For Carpenter’S

Directors of W. R. Carpenter and Company, Ltd., in declaring an interim dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, for the half-year ended December 31, have informed shareholders that to commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of the incorporation, of the company they intend to distribute a bonus of 2 per cent, in addition to the usual final divi dend at the annual meeting. The company also contemplates further expansions and will call up the balance due on contributing shares in the near future.