TRADE AND INDUSTRY
GREAT RECOVERY IN BRITAIN (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Sept. 30 (Received Oct. 1, at 5.5 p.m.) New capital issues in September amounted to £9.546.101, compared with £6,194,413 in August and £7,719,770 in September, 1935. The total for the first nine months of 1936 is £149.127,065. The retail trade continues to expand. showing a growth in the purchasing power among all classes as the result of the great recovery in British trade and industry The sales in August were 7 4 per cent greater in value than a year before, and the total sales for the first seven months of the present trading year were 6.4 per cent, larger than for the same period in 1935 In August stocks were 2.9 per cent, higher in value than a year earlier, and employment was 2.5 per cent, greater.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19361002.2.71
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 23001, 2 October 1936, Page 7
Word Count
139TRADE AND INDUSTRY Otago Daily Times, Issue 23001, 2 October 1936, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in