[Low, James Galloway, Letters, 1904-91, Battye Library, MN681, ACC2612A, Letter from Jim to his sister Jane, 20 September 1912]
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The price of shell has dropped somewhere about £80 a ton in London & New York so there is a lot of long faces in Broome just now, it is likely to drop further in November so there will be many boats up for sale this lay up I expect, people here have a habit of living a little beyond their income and when a slight slump comes along they've got to get out of it quick.
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