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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 347, 1 January 1903, Page 2

' The London people are computed to 'spenJ £1 .200,000 daily: A silver coin is usually in currency tor jtwenty-seven years. ! 'The wealth of London gr>ws by twenty 'mill ion's* e ire ry year. •' : Theambint cf gold actually in cir. iu r ati in in the "0 nited Kingdom i» estimated .to be .£110,000,000 sterling or jahout 865 tofls. : ',""■,,'.' : present bronze coinage (penny, halfpenny, and farthiiu) ,is composed «f ninety, five parts of copper, tour of tin, and one of zinc. l\ \ •, ■' ' THE :jyp.N FOE THE JOB. | Willie hads wallowed a penny, »nd~frjs jmott'fr was in a Bt»te'ormdch j 'Helen.' she called to her sister *n the next room, ' send for' a doctor, Willie has swallowed a penny.'; -.,: • ; I Ta« terrified boy looked up imploringly. ! 'No, mamma,' he interposed; ' send for the • The minister!' exclaim -a the naotner. ; 'Yesj be^auss 'papa saya our minister can get nrney out of anybpdy.^ -'. « Here's a-Wk thati'teila.febout theb> method.of getting accepted.' ;•■'•■>' ' Wjbat ia it—a bank book ?*