now opening affects everybody and everything. The demand for timber for the erection of temporary stands has been so great that the timber yards of London have Been denuded of every available plank, and prices have trebled. The fifteen thousand carpenters of the Metropolis, all busy ing fare as coy as maidens, and have with general work before the stand build-
to be cajoled and coaxed into doing any work. They are striking at the present moment for a shilling an hour, and say they expect two shillings before the middle of the month. The attempt to corner poultry supplies seems to have succeeded and weird stories are told as to what restaurant prices for wings and legs will rise to, Railway-men on the main lines centring in London are considering their
la position to dictate terms. Cab drivers ition and believe they are going to be ave hoping to buy estates on the profits of June, and publicans no longer look with envy on the profit of South African mine owners. House agents are more dictatorial thai ever, as their commissions have come posting io, and as for, lodging-house cepers, they "refuse to make any arrangements ahead they are waiting for the belated man' who shall not have a place to lay his head, and whose fat purse shall be surrendered for a night's lodging.
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