MORE BRITISH TRADE
TEN NEW COMMISSIONERS,
INDUSTRIES FAIR ATTENDANCE,
RUGBY, March 5
In the House of Commons, Mr (Eliott, secretary for Overseas Trade, stated that ten commissioners for the furtherance of overseas trade with foreign countries wore being appointed. Each appointment carried with it a salary of £1(500 with certain additions for allowances. Argentina, Brazil, China, Finland, Persia and Switzerland were receiving commissioners.
Mr Gillett said that the figures in round numbers of the attendance at the London section of the British Industries Fair wore: Home buyers 150.000 against 111,000 in 19211; overseas buyers 4800 against 3700 and public 51.000 against 02,000. The Birmingham figures for all classes were 150,000 against 1.2,000 in 1929. Reports from both London and Birmingham indicated that the results compared very favourably with the business done last vear.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 9, 5 March 1930, Page 2
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