AUSTRALIA REJOICES.
RECORD TRADE VOLUME. UXP-ROPITIOUS WEATHER. SYDNEY, Dec. 25. Almost a recobdi volume -of Christmas trade -is reported by business people in the -eastern States of Australia; reflecting -the general improvement' 1n the economic 'conditions in the 'country. The heads of some -of the large -department stores declare -that in spite of the acuteness of competition from •chain stores their Christmas -trade was the best for five years. The greatest 'drawback merchants experienced was in catering for -the holiday trade. There was a long period of unseasonable and capricious weather which rendered -it 'difficult to make suitable displays. Quite a large number -of women have had little use for .summer frocks or bathing suits, but this has not deterred them from spending freely in other 'directions. . , Reports from Western Australia state that business there has received a wonderful fillip owing to renewed activity -in tihe gold mines.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19459, 26 December 1934, Page 3
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