The continued tightness in the money market must, in time, be reflected in the colonies, and it is just as well to recognise it. Government borrowing must be curtailed, and private borrowing will also have to be moderated. Oi course, just now we are entering the profitable period of the year, when produce is being exported in large quantities, but next winter may see things very much altered as compared with what we have been accustomed to.— Lance.. A. very silly practical joke was played on an up-country bank clerk the other day He was leaving early in the afternoon and an oflice friend put a bundle of bank-notes aggregating some hunds of pounds, into his empty lunch-bag. Imagine his surprise on coming home from a little picnic to find a policeman waiting for him ! The friend, however, is wanting a billet.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1056, 25 November 1903, Page 2
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