MONEY AS FUEL
LONDON, June 23 A flesterfield building contractor, Ernest Dunlop, hid £3OO in notes under the copper to be safe from burglars. His wife, not knowing about it, lit the fire for washing. Mr. Dunlop gathered up the charred fragments, and has been informed that the bank will pay £3O immediately, but ha myst seek restitution of a £IOO note in a year's time and the rest after five years/
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23078, 1 July 1938, Page 8
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72MONEY AS FUEL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23078, 1 July 1938, Page 8
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