ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 87, 6 January 1933, Page 11

ITEMS IN BRIEF

About People and Events EXCHANGE AND SILVER In spite of the prohibition regarding the export of silver coinage a woman passenger who recently left New Zealand considered that she had successfully solved the exchange problem, but she was unexpectedly foiled. In spite of the limit of £5 on the amount of silver which can be taken out of the country, the passenger changed £lOO into silver at an Auckland bank. She succeeded in taking it with her on a passenger boat, expecting that it would be worth a full £lOO in England. It was not until she handed the money to the purser for safe keeping during the voyage that it was found that more than £7O of the amount was in Australian silver, which can be sold in England only at a heavy discount- If Australian silver is sold in that way it is probably sold through a bank, which would accept the money from a customer only. Dunedin Bankruptcies? The Dunedin bankruptcies last year totalled 22 against 44 in 1931. Slipped on Wharf. Slipping on the Taranaki Street Wharf yesterday morning, Mr. M. Rowell, a bricklayer, who Ilves at 2a Drake Street, fractured his left leg. He was taken to the hospital by the Free Ambulance. Case Falls on Man. When a case fell on Mr. Martin, a waterside worker, living at 45a Adams Terrace, who was working in the hold of sa Surrey yesterday morning, he received a compound fracture of the left leg. He was taken to the hospital by the Free Ambulance. Christchurch Rates. The payment of Christchurch city rates up to December 31 amounted to £34,253 out of a total levy of £333,354, leaving £299,101 to be collected. These figures compare very favourably with those of the previous year, when the amount collected up to December 31 was £34,662 out of a total levy of £333,729. Unconscious Humour. A radio announcer from one of the Australian broadcasting stations was responsible for an unconscious piece of humour. Having given the details of the Test result, he turned his attention to the weather report, and announced: “The depression which has been over Australia recently is now moving toward the east.”