Penny-in-the-slot radio sets for the home have been introduced in France. Instead of buying a set, it is possible to have installed free a high-powered set with a small slot machine attached. On putting a coin into the slot 40 minutes’ radio programme is assured. Twenty-eight years ago the Rev. E. T. Drake, of Orange, Texas, lost a gold ring while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. The ring bore the inscription u T»at D.,” an abbreviation of his mother’s name, Patricia Drake. Fishermen have now found the ring inside a cod.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22612, 2 July 1935, Page 13
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