FRANCE DESPONDENT
IMPROVEMENT IN FRANC
REDUCTION IN SPENDING
(Eleo, Tel. Oopjtoglit—United' Pro** Asm.? iAustralian and jN.Z. Liable' Association. 1 (Received December 8, 3' p.m.) PARIS, Dec. 7. Shopkeepers' faces arc growing sadder, Tne continued i-mpvovement of the fj'ano has rendered prices extortionate. Wni!e complaining plaintively of a lack of custoinere, shopkeepers sell a necktie for 75 francs which is purchasable in London for half the prices. Cafes tfi'a deserted, arid hotels half Mil, the Monte' Marts relying almost exclusively on forei'gneiVs. Sxr.7, bands see their' occupations' fast disappearing. The only hope of' the propi'ietor as lie gaze's over Ill's'ample' shirt; front at the' deserted tables is that ftf. Poinearo will come to a sudden end. There are' onTy 80 passengers ffbito the London train' oir the Gai'e' dh Nriffij whereas there Were hundreds previously. Hotels whose prices were e.torbita'nt when the fraiie went down,' and Paris was full of foreigners, are besieging the tourist agencies to participate in the few' orders going.. Prices everywhere ai'e too high for the Parisian; lichee/ business is at its lowest ebb since War days. The Frenchman's orte" consolation is that he has the boulevards to himself. alter loudly complaining that they Were chock full of barbarians.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16211, 8 December 1926, Page 13
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202FRANCE DESPONDENT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16211, 8 December 1926, Page 13
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