Copper Coins Sold For Arms=making
HANKOW Because tl unscrupulous merchants have exported largo quantities of copper coins to a certain foreign country for the manufacture of arms and ammunition,” the National Government Ministry of Finance has on[joined export of such coins and ar (order tc that effect has been circulated to the various Provincial Governments. The ”certain foreign country” if presumably Japan. Pointing out that under present conditions copper is not only of monetary but also of military value, the ordei says that an earlier order was issued against export some time ago but it has not been effective because of the mcr chants improper conduct. The public is experiencing a short tge of subsidiary coins and, in the words of the order, “ profiteers are not only disturbing the country’s monetary situation but also providing the enemy with raw material for the manufacture of war supplies.” I Punishment is provided for anyone henceforth found guilty of such practices.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 50, 1 March 1939, Page 2
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158Copper Coins Sold For Arms=making Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 50, 1 March 1939, Page 2
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