DRIVING A HARD BARGAIN.—The collecting of matchboxes is the latest craze with the school children. Taking advantage of the holidays, a number of boys paid a 'visit to the steamer Narbada, which is in port from Calcutta, and bargained with the Indian crew. One lad was seen to offer his tie for a very special box.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 115, 18 May 1933, Page 9
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56DRIVING A HARD BARGAIN.—The collecting of matchboxes is the latest craze with the school children. Taking advantage of the holidays, a number of boys paid a 'visit to the steamer Narbada, which is in port from Calcutta, and bargained with the Indian crew. One lad was seen to offer his tie for a very special box. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 115, 18 May 1933, Page 9
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