NAZI EXTORTION
— T SUPPLIES FROM OCCUPIED COUNTRIES. The “Agentisches Tageblatt” states that during the first nine months of 1941 the Vichy Government delivered to Germany 40,000 tons of bauxite, 8000 tons of aluminium, 500 tons of magnesium, 1200 tons of borax, 25,000 tons of iron ore, 20,000 tons of wine, 1000 tons of vinegar, and 500 tons of grapes. Zinc is to replace silver for coinage in Holland. This was announced on the Dutch wireless on January 21, Last year new duebbeltjes and kwartkes were issued, but very soon disappeared. They will now be replaced by zinc coins, which it will no longer b’e worth while to collect and hoard.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 February 1942, Page 4
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110NAZI EXTORTION Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 February 1942, Page 4
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