FALL OF GERMAN MARK.
BARGAIN-HUNTING CAMPAIGN. \Ver Press Association, Copyright.) LONDOK, October 31. • The special Berlin, correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says the sudden drop m the mark has made Germany a vast bargain country, and invading hordes are crossing, the frontiers m I search of bargains. They cleared the frontier towns and- farms like locusts, with the result that many stores m Berlin and m other cities are empty iand shut. i > . Thei invaders arriyed »t the frontier towns m trains, motor-cars, and carriages, and pushing "prams," and de?art with portmanteaux full of spoil, hey are buy ingi ieverything purchaseable, from ringis an'dfurs to a couple of cheap meals. Americans prefer furs and evening dresses j Belgians, SpanI iards, Frenchmen, Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians clear out the drapers', furnishers', and china shops. Representatives of half the nations of the world are busy buying up Germany, leaving the . residents to pay the piper m the form of rapidly m!- -! Teasing prices.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9375, 2 November 1921, Page 5
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