LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The price of house coal in Paris is reported to have reached the high lMg»Le£4£s 15s per ton. Counterfeit coins in considerablequantities appear to be circulating in Auckland just now (states the Star). The coins are all -in imitation silver, and not of the one die, shilling and two-shilling pieces being in circulation, though half-crowns are mostly in evidence. Tramway conductors seem to have been made a frequent medium of exchange, spurious coins having been received at the office of the Tramway Company in large numbers throughout the past week. It is thought that the tot.alisators at Epsom were also made use of last Wednesday, and Saturday by those perpetrating the fraud, and the imitation has been so .cleverly executed that only the closest examination enables the fraud to be detected.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 87, 18 March 1916, Page 6
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134LOCAL AND GENERAL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 87, 18 March 1916, Page 6
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