“If a New Zealander arrived in Sydney with £IOO in Now Zealand notes I think he would starvo before he could cash them,” said a Southland resident who has just returned from a trip to Australia. He related that while in Sydney he visited the Taronga Park Zoo with his wife and lie drew a New Zealand 2s piece out of his pocket to pay for admission. The coin w r as promptly returned to him as unacceptable. While fully realising tl«®t the Dominion’s paper currency w«s not negotiable in Australia, lio was surprised to learn that the coinage was similarly refused.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 174, 26 July 1939, Page 15
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