RETAIL TRADE
EFFECT OF THE WAR BIG DROP IN LONDON (Official Wirelo*' RUGBY, Nov. 2 The effect of the war on the retaf trade is examined in the Board o: Trade Journal, which publishes th< September statistics prepared by thi “ Bank of England. The money value of the daily sale; reported in that month was 13.9 pe: cent higher in 1939 compared witl 1938. The increase amounted to 2; per cent or more in the four provin j cial areas of England and Wales am j 12.3 per cent in Scotland. In contrast with the provinces however, London, where trade wa adversely affected by the evacuatioj of the population, transport difficul ties, and other factors, showed a con siderable drop of 27.4 per cent and small rise of 1.9 per cent in th suburban areas.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20953, 4 November 1939, Page 3
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135RETAIL TRADE Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20953, 4 November 1939, Page 3
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