A Tragedy Of Money
Two boys, nine or ten years of age, emerged from a shop in which each had bought a sweetmeat and each had a halfpenny in hand. “This thing is no good,” said one, holding his halfpenny in the palm of his hand. “You can’t buy anything with it, Throw it away.” The coins went shooting across the street. So at least one coin of the realm has lost its meaning and value. Parents, who use larger coins, may have the same thought as the boys, but they don’t throw the halfcrowns away even though they know they will get little for them, and therein lies the tragedy of depreciated currency.
Railway Crossing Lights Fifty flashing lights at railway crossings ’ throughout New Zealand will be installed each year under a new scheme decided on by the Railway Department after consultation with a number of public bodies. The Minister of Railways, Mr Semple, has advised the North Island Motor Union of this.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 72, 5 December 1949, Page 5
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164A Tragedy Of Money Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 72, 5 December 1949, Page 5
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