NEW DELHI: The problem of small change is improving gradually, thanl(s to the dual measures of the Government of India in putting more and more coins on the market and in taking stern action against the hoarders. According to reports received, small change worth over Rs.

70,000 was unearthed in one city alone. Even tonga-wallas in Delhi are able to give small change when a rupee is offered for fare.

Serious complaints, however, still continue to be heard even in the Government of India Secretariat against the complete lack of co-operation between various sections of the Post offices in Delhi in the matter of small change. Someone in the Secretariat, for instance, wanted to send a money-order for Rs. 50 and handed over the amount to the postal clerk concerned along with a rupee to cover commission, the balance due to him to be given in postage stamps. This, it is alleged,the clerk refused to do.

[Meanwhile] a report of the capture of a dacoit by an unarmed woman leading to the rounding up of nine of his confederates is received from the village of Harainkhera, 12 miles from Lucknow. [The] woman pinned him to the ground until rescue arrived [but] not before she had sustained half a dozen stab wounds.-DawnDelhi