| Pictorial Parade No 194 (1967) Now It Can Be Told: After a year of planning, the Decimal Currency Board begins sending out millions of new dollars and cents to banks nationwide ahead of the official transfer to decimal currency on July 10th. Under police and army escort, the new notes and coins are packed into trains, trucks and inter-island ferries for the closely-guarded trip to the banks. And not 1c goes missing. 03.50 Consumers Institute: A range of tests are carried out by the Consumers Institute to examine products such as carpets, tennis balls, vacuum cleaners and motor mowers. Duration 09.21. |
