BRITAIN’S RECOVERY
TRADE CONTINUES TO INCREASE CLEARING HOUSE RETURNS. Official WireleM.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright . . RUGBY, January 2. A fresb indication of Britain’s growing trade is contained in the returns of bankers’ clearing houses for 1935. These show that the amount of bills and cheques which passed through the banks last year reached-the total of £171,550,751,000. This is the highest since 1931, and represents an increase of £2,075,594,000, or 68 per cent., compared with 1934. A significant feature of the returns was that the country cheque clearing figures, which are generally accepted as a' reliable index of domestic trade, recorded the largest increase.
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Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 11
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102BRITAIN’S RECOVERY Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 11
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