CHEERLESS PROSPECT.
CHRISTMAS IX VIENNA. 90,000 WORK LESS: SHOPKEEPE RS ARE DESPAIRING. l£!ec. Tel Copyright—United Press Assn, ll’euter’s Telegram.) (Received December 24, 1 p.m.) VIENNA. Dec. 23. With nearly 90,000 unemployed, empty shops, moneyless people, and increasing business failures, Vienna is faced with a cheerless Christmas. The weather is intensely cold. Shopkeepers are despairing. The windows are attractively stocked, hut only the cheaper articles and necessities are selling. There is no sale lor poultry, game, wines, liquors, and other Christmas fare.
The only traders doing well are those selling on the instalment- plan.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16918, 24 December 1925, Page 16
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93CHEERLESS PROSPECT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16918, 24 December 1925, Page 16
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