LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
WELLINGTON, Aug. 2». The Council sat at 10.30 a.m. to-day. Replying to the Hon. G. M, Thomson } as to what progress had been made with! experiments in pulverised coal for the railways, .Sir Francis Bell said the matter was still under consideration, j and the department was making in-! quiries in other countries. I Sir Thomas Mackenzie asked if the Cxovernment would be. able to afford having; gold coins issued this year.— j Sir Francis Bell replied that notes were ' legal tender till January 10, 1925, and the question of a further extension would he considered next year. It is , impossible at present to revert to con- J vertibility. '
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 August 1923, Page 4
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111LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 August 1923, Page 4
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