MORE BUSINESS IN BRITAIN
HIUTISII STATISTICS
[ : i>n isll i I•> '■ >'■' ! r - v " ! (Received September 27, 7.15 p.m.) RUGBY, September 26. Tin: money value nf retail sale:; |in Britain last month was -1.3 per ! cent, greater than in August, 193-3. ! Sales of food and perishables ad[vanccd by 4.5 per cent., and other i merchandise by 5.1 per cent. | In the first seven months of the i trading year total retail sales i showed an increase of 3.2 per cent, j over the corresponding period tn i 1933. Stocks at the end of August i 1934* were of slightly higher value ! than in 1933. and employment in the retail trade showed an improvement of 3 per cent. RAILWAY RETURNS RISING A UliMAni.E INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY I (Received September 27, 7.15 p.m.) ! .RUGBY, September 2'J. The traflic returns of the four ; main railway systems for last week !again show an aggregate increase | exceeding £ 100.000 over the corresj ponding week in 1033. | These returns are generally rejgarded as a reliable index of indus- | trial activity.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21281, 28 September 1934, Page 13
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