Jirsv Cl IK!STM AS WEEK. LONDON, Dec. 24 The Heflin correspondent of the ••.Morning Post” says:— ••Christmas is being celebrated "> spirited fashion. The principal streets, during Holden .Sunday, were mom thronged with shoppers than since 101:5. Presents, chiefly of the highest fjualitv. were sought, and the toy shops were cleared. Geese have been unobtainable for a week, though the price reached 4s per lb. There is a big migration to Southern Germany for winter sports. Though prices of the necessaries of life are double or treble those of oilier countries, tho people have been able to save in recent weeks without fearing depreciation in the mark.
“A welcome announcement is that the French occupation authorities aro permitting expatriated railway and other officials to return to their families in the Ruhr for Christmas week. It is believed that'this is due to tho instigation of the Pope.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1923, Page 2
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145Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1923, Page 2
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