When a girl falls in love with an unlucky Irishman, ber heart always goes pity Pat. The Silver Coinage of the colony being to a great extent defaced and altogether unfit for use, it was recommended some time ago by the Colonial Government that the Mint should send out £25,000 worth of new silver, coin, the Government here paying cost of packing, freight, insurance, and shipping, charges, thecolony also being jat the cost , of returning the defaced coin to England, interest at Bank of England^; rate to be charged upon amounts sent out,credit being given for the coin: sent home, the balance to be paid by bank draft. If the Imperial authorities a-ccepted these term 8, they were to send out 'coin in the following proportion: — Five-tenths 'in' florins;' : three-tenths in shillings, one-tenth In sixpences one-tenth in •threepences^ /^'-'Tp'^Wfl^'d^'atcli'' from the Governor' n^reply appears to have, been received, though, over twelve months have etapßed since it wai aertt, J : ■ r.Uir.n'r.-yatfAß _.■ . . .< l
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 212, 7 September 1871, Page 4
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