Capetown, June 12, The Government of the Union of South Africa is disregarding the war debt controversy abroad, To-day it paid to the British Government a sum of £179,000 representing its regular half-yearly war debt instalment to Britain—Reuter. the Anglo-German balance of trade.
Overseas trade returns show that, in 1933, United Kingdom imports from Germany were of a value United Kingdom exports to Germany, including freight on British vessels, were valued at £17,000,000.
'The warning given by Mr. Chamberlain that purchases of German bonds now held. by foreigners will made at the purchasers' risk was taken on the Stock Exchange to indicate that any plan adopted will apply only to bonds in British hands before the latest development.
On the Stock Exchange, German bonds made a recovery on the Chan-eelier's statement and closed with Young 43 and Dawes at 62.—Wireless through Reuter.
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