INDUSTRIAL REVIVAL

Evening Star, Issue 22193, 22 November 1935, Page 11

INDUSTRIAL REVIVAL

ACTIVITY IN BRITAIN BOARD OF TRADE'S REPORT (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright 1 RUGBY, November 20. Industrial activity in the United Kingdom, as estimated by the Board of Trade, was 0.6 per cent, less in the third quarter of 1935 than in the second quarter, which was a smaller decrease than might have been expected as a i result of seasonal movements. The activity was 7.4 per cent, greater than in the third quarter of 1934, the index for the three periods, based on the quarterly average of 1930, being 110.8, 111.5, and 103.2 respectively.. SHIPYARDS BUSY. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, November 20. The present month promises- tft make a new record in increased ' activity in shipyards. Swan. Hunter, and Withani Richardson, of Wallsend_, have booked an order for a large twin-screw motor ship for the Commonwealth and Dominion Line for the Australian trade, and the Blue Star Line has placed an order with Cammed Laird for the construction at Birkenhead of another 12,000-ton refrigerator ship. The new vessel will be in the .same class as the Dunedin Star, launched on October 29 at Birkenhead. PROSPECTS ENCOURAGING TRIBUTE TO MR BALDWIN. SAN FRANCISCO, November 20. Sir William Edmund Jaffray, who saw considerable service in the World War as a major in the Warwickshire Yeomanry, departed aboard the Maunganui on a three months’ visit to Australia and New Zealand. He is proposing to indulge in extensive rainbow trout fishing in the Dominion, and to visit the Russell district for deep sea fishing. Sir William-said Britain was assured of a prosperous era consequent on the electoral triumph of Mr Baldwin. He characterised Mr Baldwin as undoubtedly the Empire’s strongest statesman, commanding the world’s attention. He had been astonished at the extent that Americans > eulogised Mr Baldwin, _ admitting that the British Prime Minister was the strongest stabilising force in the world’s history. Sir William commented admiringly on Australian and New Zealand progress, asserting that these dominions provided a powerful tonic among world nations.