WELLINGTON PROSPEROUS.
SIGNS OF PROGRESS. ißy Telegraph.—Press Association. 1 WELLINGTON, this day. Q; zn> of i:irr°.asin2 prosperity in the _iiy are evident in several directions. The city rates are coming in with greaier e3>e aud freedom than for several veurs past. I"n :•> ilie end of January. I!>]_. the sum "of _12X.777 had been collected in rate-. Ip to _7th January. 191:;. wit l , four _ood working day- to go. the amount collected was ;£l2u.uo_. so that then is every prospect of last year", tijrnre- being comfortably exceeded. Building i» progressing more rapidly in difToreni parts of t!ie city, and bouse agents report very few houses to let. Roeipts on the tramways during the p-i-t month hive -hown a large increase. Aii tin- indications are for a prosperous yea r.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 28, 1 February 1913, Page 10
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