BRITISH TRADE
IMPORTS AND EXPORT. FURTHER DECREASES SHOWN. LONDON, Oct. 12. The Board of Trade returns show that imports decreased by £10,217,000; exports by £12,894,000; and re-exports by £1,632,000. The principal decreases were: —Imports: Grain and flour, £1,296,000; wood and timber, £1,241,000; raw cotton, £849,000; oils and fats and manufactures, £1,733,000. Exports: Food and drink, £1,057,000; coal, £901,000; iron and steel and manufactures thereof, £1,248,000; cotton manufactures, £1,382,000; woollen manufactures, £977,000; vehicles, £1,275,000. STOCK EXCHANGE. AUSTRALIANS FIRMER. LONDON, Oct. 12. Bradford is steady, but prices are unchanged. Business on the Stock Exchange has improved. British funds are steady and Australians are firmer all round, several States having been marked up four to five points.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 243, 14 October 1931, Page 5
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