BUNDLES OF MONEY
SCENES EN VIENNA. THE CURRENCY SITUATION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received September 4, 12.30 p.m. VIENNA, September 2. As a result of the extraordinary currency situation, cabs, vans and handcarts were pressed into service to-day tc. carry immense packages of notes from the banks to pay the August wages, employees frequently receiving bundles weighing 31b or 41b. Some were able to get only part of their wages owing to the shortage of big notes. There was an increase in the note circulation during the past week cf 234,000,000,000 kronen.
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Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15034, 4 September 1922, Page 5
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