BALLOONS Last Friday the Wholesale Boot Go. let loose from their building hundreds of balloons with real money attached to them. The following letter, forwarded to their Wellington branch, is consequently of interest:— “Carrington, Carterton, December 15, 1929. “Dear Sirs, —Just a few lines to let you know I found one of your balloons on a farm near my father’s farm. There was a little envelope tied to a string with a sixpence in it. lam a little girl eleven years old. The address which was on the balloon was ‘The Wholesale Boot Co., Ltd., Wellington, Timaru, Palmerston North.’ I remain, Yours faithfully, Barbara Rayner.” We have again decided to carry out the same idea to-day, Friday, at 3 pm. Call and secure one of our valuable balloons with real money attached ie It. Wholesale Boot Co., Bond Street— Advt
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 74, 20 December 1929, Page 9
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