TIGHTENING BELTS.
Increasing Poverty Seen in
Germany.
COLLECTIONS FOR POOR. (Received 1.00 p.m.} BERLIN", October 2. Germany is tightening her belt against the oncoming winter. The effects of food regulations are already shown in ever-increasing prices. Tea is 7/ a 11), porkTj/3 a lb, coffee 5/ a lb, and clothes cost 30 per cent more. The boards controlling trade are doing their best to prevent a sudden rise.
Collections by uniformed men for the relief of the poor will recommence on October 9. These collections were stopped on June 30, when Herr Hitler admitted that Herr Roehm's Storm Troopers had frittered away money collected for the poor.
SOUTH AFRICA FAILS.
CREDITS FOR GERMANY.
(Received 12.30 p.m.)
CAPETOWN, October 2,
As the result of negotiations between the Union Government and the German Government regarding the establishment of credit facilities to Germany for the purchase of South African wool having so far failed, the Department of Agriculture has decided to make advances to wool farmers, thus serving to provide farmers who are unable immediately to dispose of their clips, with part of their cash requirements.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 234, 3 October 1934, Page 7
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183TIGHTENING BELTS. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 234, 3 October 1934, Page 7
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