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| STOLE TO FEED A TRAMP.

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A YEAR'S COINS.

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A YEAR'S COINS. Interesting figures are given in a brief report just issued from the Royal Mint, giving a summary of the work during the years 1908 and 1909. I The number of sovereigns issued last year was 11,800,000, and half-sovereigns 2,000,000, as against 12,600,000 and 2,000,000 respectively. During last year £ 3,000,000 of gold was with- drawn from circulation. drawn from circulation. The silver issued last year showed a large increase over the previous year, the total for 1909 being £ 1,389,569, as compared with X815,751 in 1908. The largest increases in the issues were to Ireland—from 912,000 in 1908 to £ 126,500 in 1909—and to the colonies—from £ 392,475 in 1908 to E734,400 in 1909. Last year the bronze coin issued amounted to £ 121,811, as against 9155,5SO in 1908. The total number of pieces struck at the Mint last year was-of Imperial coinage 75,762,408, and for the colonies 37,377,072.

WANTED, TWO CHINAMEN.

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A FATAL KICK.

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| THE DISSOLUTION.

IFATAL FIRE AT BELFAST.

A LOVER'S QUARREL .

BOGUS STAR TURN.

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