BRITISH TRADE.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16723, 5 January 1920, Page 6

BRITISH TRADE.

BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR 1920. (Bt CYb't*—Prrsi» Awcciitios—Coprrlskt.) fCcited Some? J lA)NI>ON, January 1. The '\D-.wly Mail." in forecasting a trade boom in state, th:it over i"2">(i.000.000 of new capital ha. l ; been raised for British induct rial purpose since the Armistice. (Australian vn-i S.Z. CVol# IjONDO.V January I. Sir Hamar Greenwood. Secretary of tho Department of Oversea Trade. interviewed. said Great ltrit-ain and the Kmpire liad never entered a Now Yen" with brighter prospects of prosperity Imports front consuls and dinlomat.c otlicers in even part of the world showed tli.it the it duel ion in Britain was f;>r behind u other countries required from her. No country had iv better commercial outlook. an if if Hritain could avoid strike® sl;e should become more prosperous than ever. The year lf-O should be the first of s •series of great years. TRAVELLING EXHIBITION. AN EMPIItB TOUH. (Renter's Telegrams.) JJoceived January It.h. ft. 5 p.m.i LO.\lX">N, .1 miliary 'JThe Secretary of ti:o Department of Oversea Trade in an interview said the Treasury had sanctioned expenditure oil a scheme under which .1 travelling rthilution of liritish manufacturers will he held in the principal commercial centres of South Africa, Australasia. Canada, and, possibly, the Far Kast. This exhibition is designed to attract tlie Dominions' buyer.! with a minimum of expense ?md inconvenience to thom. It will stav in each centro about six weeks. The tour will last, two years. Ho also referred to the miwsures which were bring taken to deveiop.nritisli commerce amongst foreign nations, nnd said the German Government had already realised tho success of tho llri tish Industries' Fair held last year, nnd had granted a substantial subsidy to fight it.