PAPER MONEY ISSUED
Troops in middle east 1 A new typo of iiank note has been issued by .the. British, military authorities in the, Middle. East. : , A copy, of tlie note, tiiisi been rdcoivbd frbin it New Zealand soldier, who writes as follows:
“We have bCen issued with ri new tvpp of currency, for use. iii eriemyoccupied territory... Jnstca^of. Hie Egyptian piastre, we have notes of.xlj 10s, 55,: 2s ,6d,, and ,IS, of . ii. Special type. Wc find .it nathet strange, after working so Icing with the old 'ackers’ (piastres). I expect there will be a few argufiieiifS inj thh shops iii. Tripoli iii persuading the. locals thkt oilf money is good. They,had better not argue too much, or they will find that we will lie -.helping „ ojirkplyes. ’ ’
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21093, 13 May 1943, Page 4
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