TRADE IN BRITAIN.
EVIDENCE OF IMPROVING
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS
IN TRANSPORT.
RUGBY, August 24. The steady rise in home rail stocks which has taken place recently reflects the satisfactory traffic figures which the companies have been showing. Although a more vigorous policy by the companies is perhaps mainly responsible for the passenger increase, more general interest attaches to the steady improvement in the amount of merchandise carried by the railways, despite the severe competition of road •transport. This section of traffic, figures is regarded as a reliable trade barometer since increased transport of raw materials shows manufacturers, particularly in the heavy industries, to be increasingly active. The figures provide corroborative evidence of improving conditions reported from many other sources^ —(British Official Wire-
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Wairarapa Age, 26 August 1933, Page 5
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121TRADE IN BRITAIN. Wairarapa Age, 26 August 1933, Page 5
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