The Story Of A Bad Sixpence
A Foxton resident who'is at pres;ent holidaying in Sydney, in a letter to a friend in the former town, states • that while having - a cup of tea in a shop in Chatswood, a suburb^ about eight miles from the city, a ; kiddy came in and asked for an ice cream. He got it and tendered the moriey, a sixpence. The proprietress was in the act of taking the money when she '.suddenly reverse'd action and grabbed the ice cream. "Here," she said, "You don't get away with that. here. That's a New Zealand coin and is no good." . The child explained" that a tram con'ductor had given it to him in •change and it was all he had. "Too bad," she exclaimed, and turning to us she adde'd: "It's a real shame the way the conductors take the kids down." There was nothing for the New Zealand visitor to do but- to offer the chil'd an Australian, sixpence for his "bad" New Zealand one. He was delighted, but the proprietress carefuliy checked the money ' as it was passed over the counter. ■ :
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 3
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187The Story Of A Bad Sixpence Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 3
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