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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 552, 27 July 1920, Page 2

"1 am a. £2O Commonwealth rote, and 1 want to be cashed," was the strange remark of a New South Wales returned soldier, who recently presented himself to the Commonwealth Treasury in Melbourne, and, I remarkable to relate, he was cashed. The soldier stated that while at Fleurbaix, in France, he swallowed a I '2i> Commonwealth note, after mem-, prising the number, us his capture by Ihe Germans seemed certain. The Treasury found that on August 4, 1014. a note bearing the number given had been issued, and was the I only note of a large issue that had not come back to the Treasury. As the soldier's "record was found to be a good one, the Commonwealth Treasury decided to accept the story, and the* soldier duly received a new £2O Commonwealth note. i