THE FLUCTUATING FRANCS.
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, mNDON, "August 3.—The French franc closed at 177 J and th 6 Belgian at L”',' I } —/{outer. '
BALLOON TRAGEDY AT SHOW. . LOXF'i >", ■'!.— Captive bidloou trips were pniteocli'.i;.; smJecssi'ully at tile. Keinjilim Klowor Show, when a-trailing rope let-aim! entangled' in some trees. A weli-iiieaiiiiiyi -bystander, ru.shnip, i;p-pull-id the rope instead of alhnvi.ii'i.a.i official to release the slack, with the result that the ncttiw parted from tlio balloon, and the envelope sailed up. Ibo basket fell 60ft, killing three passengers and the pilot. —A. and N.Z. Cable
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Evening Star, Issue 19319, 4 August 1926, Page 12
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91THE FLUCTUATING FRANCS. Evening Star, Issue 19319, 4 August 1926, Page 12
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