HARD TIMES IN CHRISTCHURCH.
One of the Greymouth papers asserts -that the following picture of the commercial depression m '^hfisiicb^rch is drawn t»y » M.H.E. for the Provincial District :— "Uhristchurch i« full of dead befits— bankruptcies tivery day, and the 'publibs' empty. Everybody is chasing everybody for money, and it is generally a et«rp jphfse m. more . senses than one. ' : Thpßß w)ip; have, v yet: the ; roeana and no ties, are leaving. _ Cab- driving even does not' give a bai'e-'Kv'ing ; one ormy friendly • cab' driv«rs 'eold^ his horse 'and cab last week for £60, and' a bachelor at that; Be Srtya ha cannot make a living by \k. t yet he is a steady man. Some of the auctioneers are starving, There are about one hundred offices to let m the town, and houseß to let or for Bate m all directions."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 45, 21 January 1884, Page 3
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141HARD TIMES IN CHRISTCHURCH. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 45, 21 January 1884, Page 3
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