The Smash at Johannesburg.
« * The collapse which we, the Coonirft and India hivo all iilong oxpoe*.td in com»ecti (V n witli the Tvansvail would seem to be near enough at hand. The ex tn ordinary ri-e of Johann'sbuv^ lna boon f llowed by a descent into the very depths of depression. Men wh v were worth, in r-jilizaMe scrip, from £10,000 to £100.000 a sh >rt while ba-k, are sail be p nctically p^nni'ess teday. The pru-Vit workmnn who had aaved a small her I, shirrs the Siinm Ca'e as tho reckless p< m')l?r. Youths who, h»ving boen 'ffi-e bovs or ba hers' ns-'stii'ttß su 1 ! only mada an ostv-'tita'ious parade of'their new y found wealth, are ei gn'fod in the flo >d o? ruin whit:h has swept over the Ra-dt.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 November 1890, Page 2
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131The Smash at Johannesburg. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 November 1890, Page 2
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