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Show One-ruth of n Penny. In a lecent bankruptcy caao at Diia-seldorf, Diia-seldorf, German), tho postal administration adminis-tration figured as a creditor for tho amount of ono shilling, a claim for unpaid telephone charges. Tho dividend divi-dend declared was fonrpcnco In tho pound, mid thus the post olllce becamo entitled to one-fifth of n penny, of 1 2-3 pfennigs In German money. Concerning this claim, six voluminous letters havo been written by the postal authorities to tho official receiver re-ceiver In bankruptcy, necessitating as many replies, and the end Is not yet The recolver is nt a loss how to transmit trans-mit tho exact sum of 1 2-3 pfennigs, and the postal administration decline! to write off as a bad dobt anything but the precise nmount, Including the fraction. Thcro Is every prospect of a dossiei accumulating In this pop tentuous matter. |