TRADE OUTLOOK
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC VIEW. (Per British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 14. In liis presidential address at the autumn meeting of the association of British , Chambers of Commerce, Sir Alan Anderson tool* a cautiously optimistic view of the trade outlook. The recent fall in unemployment, and improved overseas trade returns have encouraged similar views in the city, which are reflected in the cheerful t°ne of the Stock Exchange. A further indication of trade recovery is afforded in railway traffic returns. During the past seven weeks the total receipts of the four railway companies for all classes of transport have been £805,000 higher than those during the corresponding period last year. Passenger traffic has risen by £530,000, merchandise hy £409,000, while minerals have fallen hy £134,000. Shipping returns show improvement during August. Two hundred and forty ships totalling 763.000 tons arrived at Liverpool, compared with 185 totalling 630, DOO tons a year ago. The Board of Trade Gazette records a further slight incense in the wholesale prices during August.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1933, Page 5
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