CONDITIONS IN GERMANY.
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CHILDREN'S PITIFUL PLIGHT
With Bibles among the cargo in her holds, tlio Gottingcn, the .second German lf ' o l steamer to visit Australia since (he war, tn. arrived nt Sydney recently. Her officers told of life in Germany. »■ "It has never hern harder," they said. "Small children are seen in the .street i gutters gathering fragments of food, and oven these fragments are- very senrce in ijp the streets of 'Germany. *"* ''Work in Germany is not scarce, but the mark is go low and variable that if a man earns enough money a week to buy his week's rations he considers himself fortunate l . "Four months ago it was possible in Germany to secure a fine ear for an Kip . lish pound, but those dtiys a,rc apparently over. .The manufacturer cannot now get the material to produce his article, ft seems that all the material in Germany hag now been consumed." The officers of the Gottingen showed much interest in French affairs. When handed a copy of a newspaper the officers eagerly sought for the rate of exchnnge in France. One pronounced' the English words of "getting worse."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 16010, 21 December 1922, Page 8
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195CONDITIONS IN GERMANY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 16010, 21 December 1922, Page 8
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