THE HUMOURS OF EXCHANGE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 81, 31 December 1919, Page 3

THE HUMOURS OF EXCHANGE

A r-::?nt tenl; of "Pi/ieli" contains an muiEin? inorjv which may., be tahk:'dc;l as follows-.— The L'.M.C. of a battalion. mcra at Dickcbudi debited well 'member lyiHi a share oi the loss on n car.* ox "*v]i?skv from England, only c.ik* .bottle having lurivcd intact. On?, refused tn. pav for tha followinij reasons:— . (::) Tlio loss was not due to any act or neteii'renei; of his. (b) No" effort liatl apparently been made tn trace the person cr p?r.-:oiis rcsnon's Wo for the. damage. ('•) ivki court of innv.ii'y had u;en h?l'I, '.Vic- IC.R. (r!) Ife- liart' not ecnflimrcl to-. <sf the liquor .for which ho hwl ken asked to pny. Opinion beinc; against him. B C . vn'j cff'dally demanded, and lie tendered e.cht franc;, which were returned, with an , intimation that, the franc was 0./ly worth S'.d. and that 11.30 francs wore required. H'i reidicd tliat iit the time of the alleged debt the franc w«r. worth fl'd.. and offered to pay 9.85 francs in settlement. On his return from a "course of nstrnction itf Hi'?laisd he offrrod to pay 0.85 francs TMsiai, • thinbns it v:ns then worth alxrat ss. lod. fonii incident, of the avar the desrf from lining ni'(f: and. Jl'Miistarrt wfl': next nsked 'n Colofrne for 13 mnrlw 17 pfennig, (ho li^nrl" heiiiil va'ntxl at Td. to t :, n fi"ld 0.TJ..0. A thi'P'-yeay-o'd TVliittalcrr proved tint the.mark ivaa worth j.tyirly lOil. at the tini" of tho (ieht and ten war!-:.', were offered in payinent. This was e'TMited, lint as M'Mn* ; lard Tsro'lneed a M-n;nrlt n't" it was ol.v Hrved that ot anie-nled f1.H.0. qiwtcd 1-1 marks, the reriuis'to charge, at 2s. Mil., 60 n Ve franc, noto was prefevv?d; It took half an hour to cwince M'Jlhjhrd that he was not liein : T f.heatei.l. Later the P.M.C!.-rcmemhercd that the, f!v fraP" fteKi .riven as p !, v-; oiOn Hk, p,?iik of Pnnhai'- »ix months after the conchwion of hcstilitrs!