THE STOC£ EXCHANGE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 250, 18 October 1912, Page 7

THE STOC£ EXCHANGE.

(To the Editor.) Sir, —Quite casually I dropped into the •building known in the past by the above title, and could not help noticing the marked change from times that "had been," and the genera] surroundings were of such a nature that "Ichabod" would be a more suitable title, for surely the "glory had departed." The few brokers in evidence were looking sad and weary, and a chat with them on the cause of the present position, us also of the possibilities of the future, proved to m<:, -at all events, interesting. Some gave thp opinion that the failure of the Wailii mine, strikes, and industrial unrest generally, was the reason. Another said: "Tho possibility of a Kuropean war and disappointment at the deep levels at the Thames und lack of gold" had much to do with it; while a more candid broker, admitting that the foregoing reasons were to an extent responsible, said his own opinion was that the "methods" of recent years adopted on the Exchange pave the public such a gruelling that they have cried enough, and are content to leave the mining severely alone, for a time at least. "Iv truth," quoth he, "we have sown the wind and are now reaping the whirlwind"— which caused mc to think something as I passed on, and oat.—l am, etc., AMALGAM.