Johannesburg.
+ A letter received from Mr W. Foster, Johannesburg gives a rather doleful account; of the place says the Taranaki Herald. . Sickness is prevalent, no rain having fallen for nine months, and, consequent on the scarcity of water, a number of mines are shut down. If a white man is wanted in a mine, there are hundreds of applications for the position, and it is hard to get anything without some little influence. About 600 are arriving every week in Johannesburg and those who have the wherewithal are immediately ! returning to whence they came.
The writer says that we have no idea of the hardships and poverty existing in the place. It is, he says, a great deal worse than in any 01 the large centres in Australia or New Zealand, large multitudes sleeping about the streets every night. Still, ouildings are going up on all hands, and the carpenters are doing well. The Brussells (formerly of Maori Gully) are not doing much, and Mrs Brussell has been ill for the last six months, and is not expected to recover. Altogether he considers any of the colonies better than Johannesburg.
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Manawatu Herald, 23 January 1896, Page 2
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190Johannesburg. Manawatu Herald, 23 January 1896, Page 2
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