Piece goods have had a very quiet week. The only item booked appears to be about 250 cases of striped shirtings and 100 cases of white cords, at extremely low prices.
There is very little doing in woolens but clea improving, no doubt proach of the.autumn season.
Dealers are rather pessimistic releading the prospects for next spring in view of the large areas flooded in the Yangtze valley, and {fear that the bulk of the population in many centres will be chiefly concerned in purchasing food and seed for the next harves
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