FOR AND AGAINST THE FARTHING
The latest report issued by the Royal Mint shows that tho number of farthings struck in 1930 was only 5,673.000. or £5,910 worth. During each of the previous Jhree years tho value of the farthings minted was over £9.000. The 1930 total is the lowest recorded since 1916. The people who find the farthing most necessary arc drapers and bakers. Drapers have regarded the subtle suggestiveness of the farthing as a valuable asset when dealing with bargain hunters, but two of tho biggest drapers in London declare that the farthing is now dead.' “We have no further use for it,” they said. “Women have become, wiser in tho art of bargaining and refuse to believe that, tho odd farthing represents a good deal.” Bakers, however, are opposed to the. farthing’s disappearance. “It is imposible, ’’ said an official of the. London Master Bakers’ and Confectioners’ Society. “A. farthing is essentinl in tho salp of bread.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 119, 23 May 1932, Page 8
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159FOR AND AGAINST THE FARTHING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 119, 23 May 1932, Page 8
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