MONEY IN A CUSHION
The dust-covered (’aim of tin 1 anti- I quo shops of Paris was troubled ro- | rently by a Hood of domands for old j pillows, oiisliions, mallrossos. and over stuffed furniture. The reason was a | discovery of more than top,mill francs inside an old cushion at the Hotel . lirouol, the city's leading auction | eslaldishmenl (states an overseas j writer). During an uninteresting; session a number of buyers began to play catch with an old threadbare discarded cushion, throwing it vigorously from one to another until its outworn cover gave way. \ number j of | Oim ■ franc notes fell out. As Hie : former owner had no heirs all the i money went to the >10)1'. j
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18809, 3 December 1932, Page 15 (Supplement)
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118MONEY IN A CUSHION Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18809, 3 December 1932, Page 15 (Supplement)
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