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Otago Witness, Issue 3853, 17 January 1928, Page 31

The mail . officials cannot speak too strongly against the practice of post in" loose coins in letters (says the’ Southland News) A great deal of trouble is caused,said the supervisor of the department, “ and the stamping machine might easily be damaged. All such letters have to be stamped by hand, and unless they have been detected and removed, they will not pass through the machine, and consequently cause a stoppage. There is also a big chance of the envelope being torn You would hardly believe the number of letters containing coins that pass through our hands,” the official continued, “ and considering the bother we are put to, 1 do not consider the double registration charge which we are empowered to impose is excessive.”

A small New York family, with apparently no qualifications at all for the job, practiced keeping still. They mastered the task, and now they are in brisk demand with clothiers, who pay them a good fee to sit still in the window, amon<r the wax dummies, and keep the crowd guessinowhich are real.