BOOM IN REAL ESTATE
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
(it mio«APß.—incut 10 ihi ton.) '" AUCKLAND, This Day. The boom in real estate in New Zea- * land at ita very peak was ridiculously quiet when compared with what is taking place- in Southern California,' saM • Mr. Wyndham P. Hopkins, of Au.ik'and, who returned by the Mjku.'a yesterday after an absence of two yeirs ia Great Britain, the Continent, and Noith America. When in Los Angeles-Mr. Hopkins was amazed at the ft tit activity. - in the land-selling l.usinav, fleets of charabancs, being engigid daily running people fifty miles out of the c:ty, absolutely free, on the off chance of making a sale. The demand fur ill ciaepes of labour throughout Anwrica wa« equally amazing, and he had been assu-sd by contractors that m l\ rev York anil Chicago plasterers were being {.-aid-M much as £27 per -week.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 126, 24 November 1923, Page 6
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143BOOM IN REAL ESTATE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 126, 24 November 1923, Page 6
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