LIFE IN MADRID
CITIZENS RECOVERING HARDSHIPS OF SIEGE EON DON, May 11—The people of Madrid are recovering from star cation and other privations of the Jong, siege, says the correspondent of 'line Times. They are making the most of a plentiful .supply of bread, eggs,, fish and vegetables. The shops are beginning to display stocks hidden during the war, ancL slioes, shawls and mantillas are reappearing in. thci windows. The most urgent need is the lack of legal tender. Many millions of. pesetas have already been changed at the Hank of Spain, but the destruction of factories and the lack of materials prevent a resumption of economic activity. It also prevents thepercolation of currency among all classes Of the population,. Tlio police continue to make numerous arrest;?, and the death sentence is frequent in Madrid and the surrounding villages. .
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 189, 31 May 1939, Page 2
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139LIFE IN MADRID Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 189, 31 May 1939, Page 2
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