Unclear Trade Balance Signals Strain on London Links
The report notes a growing trade imbalance as imports rise from 1910 to 1912 while exports fall, with net trade shrinking to a small £736,417 after specie shipments. It outlines heavy reliance on London remittances of about £14,000,000 for interest and profits, plus high borrowing costs, scarce mortgage credit, and rising unemployment amid halted wool sales and wheat shipments.
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Impressions of Northern Rail Tour by Sir Rider Haggard
Sir Edgar Vincent and Sir Rider Haggard joined an official party to inspect the Northern Rail up to Oodnadates. Haggard called the desert a vast, impressive waste with sunrises and flies, noting little animal life yet appreciating the landscape. The group visited Port Augusta to view east west railway works with E H Dean, and Haggard praised cultivated lands near the city as very English in character.
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Sir Rider Haggard
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