Pfrom our special correspondent.] London, January 7. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, at Gloucester, stales ih.it the reports of t<ie great distress prevailing, has been greatly exaggerated. * It was the intention of the Government to maintain peace. Lord Derby, speaking at Rochdale, also said reports were exaggerated. He admitted that there was a great deal of severe distress, owing to the depressed state iv so many important branches of trade ; but he hoped the present state of things was only temporary.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume 6, Issue 596, 10 January 1879, Page 2
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