To the Editor of the "Nonta-Curxa Darcy News"
Srn,—May I crave your assistance to to form an idea as to the ity of obtaining " reduction on pai ment, by asking for of your readers I believe that any disinterested, fair-minded business man would acknowledge that the rents demanded, and perforce paid, by 90 per cent of the local e88 houses, are over-assessed, and (3) The energy and unanimity die-played by the landlords in demanding, their rent in advance, is equalled only by the Isesitade and unanimity displayed by them when the roof leaks, or the walls bear evidence of the ingenious thrift of native contractors.
(4) Therefore the landlords have -|taken advanteg: of a temporary trade boom to force their tenants to work for them in normal times, (5) That the present time being somewhat below normal from a trade point of view, the tenant is paying the landlord all he earns, and a lot that he does not.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.