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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3527, 15 April 1880, Page 2

It is sad to think that the distress felt in New Zealand has, in many instances, resulted from improvidence. Men who now have the wolf at the door would not be in such straightened circumstances had they observed the commonest ideas of economy. For some time they were earning good money, but lived fally up to their income. The consequence of this is that many men who, through dulness of trade have been thrown out of work, are suffering from their want of foresight. Times cannot always be good, and a reaction is sure to come, bringing with it distress and unemployed. We have, however, not felt that reaction far so heavily as other towns in the Colonies. For this we may feel thankful, as the hundreds of unemployed to be seen hanging round the corners of the streets in Auckland, Wellington, and other cities is anything but a cheerful spectacle. With prudence we need not fear the effect of a business re-action, but by neglecting the ordinary rules of domestic economy, we shall probably be heavy sufferers.