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PENNIES ARE POPULAR. Benevolence has its dangers, and, in these days of fast traffic, the one-time call of the country children, “Throw out your mouldy coppers!” is seldom heard. There are other dangers in other parts of the world, as a recent visitor to the Canary Islands learned. Tn a. weak moment, the narrator bestowed pennies on a group of picturesque street children of Las Palmas. The next day juvenile crowds patiently awaited his appearance outside his hotel, and followed him down the streets with shrill cries of “Oon pen — oon pen.’’much to the interest of the 1 entire adult population, who were careful to take front seats at tl p enter- '
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19532, 13 March 1926, Page 1 (Supplement)
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117ALL BEGGARS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19532, 13 March 1926, Page 1 (Supplement)
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