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—Aii eminent London accountant. who deala with more than £5,000,000 every week, found himself a penny short one week recently. He went in search of it. Had he added up a stray fly’s leg in a" column of figures? Was it an error of simple addition? Was thel-e a hole in the petty cash drawer. Had someone used a penny stamp and forgotten about it? No. For two days ami one night the staff battled with those millions, and (he accountant informed a Sunday Express representative that a badly written figure “2” had been mistaken for “3.” lialtangata gives the best results ,or household use —it's such an economical coal. —Advt.

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21018, 6 May 1930, Page 15

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Page 15 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21018, 6 May 1930, Page 15

Page 15 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21018, 6 May 1930, Page 15