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[Reuter Telegrams.] REAM WIRELESS RATES. LONDON, November 19. The beam wireless agreement was signed in London by representatives of the British Foist Office and the South African Wireless Company. It is expected the stations in England and .South Africa will be open for traffic in the spring. Tbe rates will be one-lhild below ordinary cable rates. TEA PROSPECTS. CALCUTTA, November 20. Four months ago there was tbe possibility of a. large surplus of tea production. Since then t.hc position has radically altered,' largely on account of the weather in Northern India. Ihe crop, instead of showing an increases of twenty million pounds as compared with last year, is now anticipated to show a. decrease in production of fifteen million pounds. As compared with last August prices show an average rise per lb from 9 annas Ii pice to Id annas <> pice. This rise is partly due to tbe better quality of tbe tea. South India will produce more tea, but not enough to influence the situation.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1925, Page 3
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