THE LAST SPOON.
PEOPLE SELLING SILVERWARE AT HOME. By Telecr.iph.—Press Assn—Copyright. Received Oct. 29; 9.30 p.m. London, Oct. 27. Hatton Garden firms are buying and smelling great quantities of silverware, paying 4()d an ounce over the pre-war cost of hnll-marked' articles. The needy middle classes arc among the largest supplier.';, and many are parting with their last spoon, ' being content to restock when normal time? return. Money changers similarly sold 100,000 ounces of foreign silver coins, chiefly French and Swiss, for smelting purposes. The London Chamber of Commerce supports an immediate introduction of nickel, which is worth at the present time under 2d per ounce.—United SerVfetr ~
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1919, Page 5
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106THE LAST SPOON. Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1919, Page 5
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