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FRANC UNDER FIRE. LONDON, Saturday. Gold currencies, which, fighting what most people believe is their final battle, have been steadily under fire throughout the week, culminating in a panic flight from francs and guilders. Many Frenchmen have actually brought their savings to England in a suitcase. A leading bank reported a case of a man opening his valise and shooting a vast- quantity of French bank notes across the counter and demanding that they be changed,to- sterling. They amounted to over £50,000.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 8 June 1936, Page 5
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