HIS DOLLARS WENT LIKE SHILLING PIECES.
(Special to the “Star ”) LONDON, September IS. Mr Ben Tillett has been surprised at the high cost of living in the United States. Writing from Washington to officers of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, for whose political de- j partment he is sec- | retary, he stated: i “Our first experience of food costs came to us at 'Washington, where we breakfasted. The dollars went like shillings, and we all had the experience of partaking of the costliest breakfast anv of us ever had—knick-knacks—and 7s 6d each ‘gone west* to Uncle Sam.” r jo r jo r j o r jo r j^jm'jrjrjrjor.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17996, 5 November 1926, Page 6
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