CAUSE ASSIGNED.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11675, 10 July 1906, Page 2

CAUSE ASSIGNED.

First ; To the increasing production of gold. Second : Good times, which means extended and good credit. Third : The supply fell short with the increased demand. The increased demand was due to various causes :— lst, War with the Boers : 2nd, Russo-Japanese war; 3rd, Change in public taste, general prosperity in trade, leading to increased spending power of the masses, and consequently an Increased expenditure on clothing, ec,