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Mails which left Auckland mi U'.c 15th June, per the Niagara via Vancouver, arrived in London on the 21th July. An unusual event in business circles in Dunedin was last week’s sale m opossum skins. Of over 9000 skins offered, the great bulk came from the Gatlins district, and represented the outcome of lifting the close season tor one month. It is stated that one settler’s proceeds for this brief time amounted to 0110.
•Is it not a fact that tin* financial stringency lias affected pioperty values;-*” asked .Mr D.AL Findlay, counsel for certain objectors to valuations, of Mr James Ames, City V nluer, at a sitting of tlie Assessment Court, at "Wellington this week. “People are still selling; they are selling every day,
replied Mr Ames. “Are they selling as frequently as before?” enquired Mr Findlay. ••If you ask the lawyers, they will tell you a different story.” Mr Ames: “You cannot always believe lawvers.” (Loud laughter).
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1921, Page 3
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160LATE LOCALS. Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1921, Page 3
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