query: when was the ten pound pom scheme introduced

pos: Ten Pound Poms Ten Pound Poms Ten Pound Poms (or Ten Pound tourists) is a colloquial term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War. The Government of Australia initiated the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme in 1945, and the Government of New Zealand initiated a similar scheme in July 1947. Ten Pound poms were called that because they only had to pay £10 in processing fees to migrate to Australia and the Commonwealth arranged for assisted passage on chartered ships and aircraft. The Assisted Passage Migration Scheme was created

pos: Guernsey pound with the denomination in orange and the Seal of the Bailiwick in royal blue on the reverse. From 1942, the 1-shilling, 3-pence notes were overprinted to produce 1-shilling notes. In 1945, following liberation, 5-pound notes were introduced and production of all denominations below 10 shillings ended. The 10 shilling note was replaced by the 50-new-pence coin in the run up to decimalisation. Ten-pound notes were introduced in 1975, followed by 20 pounds in 1980 and 50 pounds in 1994. Although 1- and 2-pound coins have been introduced, the 1-pound note still circulates. A commemorative 20-pound note was issued in 2012

pos: Ten Pound Poms job opportunities were not always readily available. It was a follow-on to the unofficial Big Brother Movement and attracted over one million migrants from the British Isles between 1945 and 1972, representing the last substantial scheme for preferential migration from the British Isles to Australia. In 1957, more migrants were encouraged to travel following a campaign called "Bring out a Briton". Coming to an end in 1982, the scheme reached its peak in 1969; during this year over 80,000 migrants took advantage of the scheme. The cost to migrants of the assisted passage was increased to £75 in 1973 ().

pos: Ten Pound Poms in 1945 by the Chifley Government and its first Minister for Immigration, Arthur Calwell, as part of the "Populate or Perish" policy. It was intended to substantially increase the population of Australia and to supply workers for the country's booming industries. In return for subsidising the cost of travelling to Australia—adult migrants were charged only ten pounds sterling for the fare (hence the name; in 1945 pounds, ), and migrant scheme children travelled free of charge—the Government promised employment prospects, affordable housing and a generally more optimistic lifestyle. Upon arrival, migrants were placed in basic migration hostels and the expected

neg: Ten Pound Poms While the term "Ten Pound Pom" is in common use, the scheme was not limited to migrants from the United Kingdom. Persons born in the Irish Free State or in the southern counties of Ireland prior to the establishment of the Republic of Ireland in 1949 were also classified as British subjects. In fact most British subjects were eligible and, at the time, that included not only those from the British Isles but also residents of British colonies such as Malta and Cyprus. Australia also operated schemes to assist selected migrants from other countries, notably the Netherlands (1951), Italy (1951),

neg: Fred Cress Fred Cress Frederick Harold "Fred" Cress AM (10 July 1938 – 14 October 2009) was a British painter who migrated to Australia and won the Archibald Prize in 1988 with a portrait of John Beard. Cress was born in Poona, British Raj, but went to England with his parents in 1948, when he was ten. He was educated at the Birmingham College of Art in England, and migrated to Australia in 1962 as a "ten pound Pom", meaning that he only had to pay ten pound for his fare to Australia. Cress met the painter Anne Judell and married her

neg: Andrew Banks was put on hold after an Australian colleague provided a sponsor that enabled Banks to migrate to Australia as part of the final stages of its Assisted Passage Migration Scheme; Andrew Banks arrived in Sydney, Australia in 1972 as a 'Ten Pound Pom'. In Australia, Banks pursued an acting career through studies in Shakespearean Training at the Old Tote Theatre Company (now NIDA – National Institute of Dramatic Arts). He had small acting roles in television series Number 96 and the Old Tote Theatre Company's production of Macbeth at the Sydney Opera House in 1974. Banks bought into the Red

neg: Alexander McLeod-Lindsay University. Alexander McLeod-Lindsay Alexander McLeod-Lindsay, (24 December 1934 – 17 September 2009) was a Scots-born Australian who is noted for having served nine years in jail for attempting to murder his wife, but who was later exonerated. McLeod-Lindsay’s father, William McLeod-Lindsay, was a hotel waiter. His mother, Jessie Colligan, was a hotel housemaid. They were not married and McLeod-Lindsay was raised by his blind grandparents with the help of his aunts. McLeod-Lindsay grew up in Glasgow. At age 16 he migrated to Australia under that country’s assisted migration scheme. McLeod-Lindsay was a “ten pound pom”. In Australia McLeod-Lindsay was apprenticed

neg: Alexander McLeod-Lindsay Alexander McLeod-Lindsay Alexander McLeod-Lindsay, (24 December 1934 – 17 September 2009) was a Scots-born Australian who is noted for having served nine years in jail for attempting to murder his wife, but who was later exonerated. McLeod-Lindsay’s father, William McLeod-Lindsay, was a hotel waiter. His mother, Jessie Colligan, was a hotel housemaid. They were not married and McLeod-Lindsay was raised by his blind grandparents with the help of his aunts. McLeod-Lindsay grew up in Glasgow. At age 16 he migrated to Australia under that country’s assisted migration scheme. McLeod-Lindsay was a “ten pound pom”. In Australia McLeod-Lindsay was apprenticed in

neg: Stroud pound and fauna) on the back. The highest denomination features Laurie Lee. Designs are printed in bright colours on watermarked security paper. Stroud pound The Stroud Pound is a local currency in use in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Unveiled on 12 September 2009, the scheme is the third local currency scheme introduced in England in recent years after the Totnes Pound and the Lewes Pound. Launched on 12 September 2009, the scheme is an initiative of the local Transition Towns group. Unlike the Totnes Pound and the Lewes Pound, the scheme is based on the Chiemgauer, a community currency circulating in the Chiemgau

neg: Stroud pound Stroud pound The Stroud Pound is a local currency in use in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Unveiled on 12 September 2009, the scheme is the third local currency scheme introduced in England in recent years after the Totnes Pound and the Lewes Pound. Launched on 12 September 2009, the scheme is an initiative of the local Transition Towns group. Unlike the Totnes Pound and the Lewes Pound, the scheme is based on the Chiemgauer, a community currency circulating in the Chiemgau region of Bavaria, Germany since 2003. As of April 2010, 30 businesses in Gloucestershire are enrolled in the programme. On the

neg: Ten pence (Irish coin) of the denomination as a result of reversing the picture of the salmon. The composition of the ten pence was 75% copper and 25% nickel. The coin was worth of an Irish pound. All of the original ten pence coins were withdrawn on 1 June 1994. The smaller version was withdrawn when the euro was introduced in 2002. Ten pence (Irish coin) The ten pence (10p) () coin was a subdivision of the Irish pound. It was used in the Republic of Ireland from 1969 to 2002, with its last minting issue in 2000. It replaced the florin coin, of

neg: Lewes Pound Lewes Pound The Lewes Pound is a local currency in use in the town of Lewes, East Sussex. Inspired by the Totnes pound and BerkShare, the currency was introduced with the blessing of the town council in September 2008 by Transition Town Lewes - a community response to the challenges of climate change and peak oil. Lewes first introduced its own currency in 1789, but this was discontinued in 1895 along with a number of other local currencies. Its reintroduction in September 2008 achieved national media coverage. On 3 July 2009, it was announced that the scheme was to be

neg: Australian ten-cent coin obverse was designed by G. K. Gray. Five-cent, ten-cent, twenty-cent, and fifty-cent coins are legal tender up to the sum of $5. Australian ten-cent coin The Australian ten-cent coin is a coin of the decimal Australian dollar. When the dollar was introduced as half of an Australian pound on 14 February 1966, the coin inherited the specifications of the pre-decimal shilling; both coins were worth one twentieth of a pound. On introduction it was the fourth-lowest denomination coin. Since the withdrawal from circulation of the one and two cent coins in 1992, it has been the second-lowest denomination coin in

neg: Autocannon employed by aircraft in air-to-air combat and close air support attacks on ground targets, where the target dwell time is short and weapons are typically operated in brief bursts. The first modern autocannon was the British QF 1 pounder, also known as the "pom-pom". This was essentially an upscaled version of the Maxim gun, which was the very first successful fully automatic machine gun, requiring no outside stimulus in its firing cycle other than holding the trigger. The pom-pom fired 1 pound gunpowder-filled explosive shells at a rate of over 200 rounds a minute: much faster than conventional artillery while

neg: QF 2-pounder naval gun was introduced on the "King George V"-class battleships. In January 1941, ′s Mk VIII (HV) mountings performed flawlessly firing 30,000 rounds with very few stoppages. When was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft near Singapore, the subsequent report judged that a single 40 mm Bofors gun firing tracer was a more effective anti-aircraft weapon than a multiple pom-pom in director control, as the pom-poms did not have tracer ammunition and the pom-pom ammunition had deteriorated badly in its ready use lockers, while the Type 282 radar units also failed in the equatorial heat. In the same action, the Commissioned Gunner

neg: Guernsey pound In 1827, the States of Guernsey introduced one-pound notes, with the "Guernsey Banking Company" and the "Guernsey Commercial Banking Company" also issuing one-pound notes from 1861 and 1886, respectively. The commercial banks lost their right to issue notes in 1914, although the notes circulated until 1924. Also in 1914, the States introduced five- and ten-shilling notes, also denominated as 6 and 12 francs. In 1921, States notes were over-stamped with the word "British" to signify the island's conversion to a pound equal to sterling. From 1924, ten-shilling notes were issued without any reference to the franc. The five-shilling note was

neg: Australian ten-cent coin Australian ten-cent coin The Australian ten-cent coin is a coin of the decimal Australian dollar. When the dollar was introduced as half of an Australian pound on 14 February 1966, the coin inherited the specifications of the pre-decimal shilling; both coins were worth one twentieth of a pound. On introduction it was the fourth-lowest denomination coin. Since the withdrawal from circulation of the one and two cent coins in 1992, it has been the second-lowest denomination coin in circulation. For the first year of minting (1966), 30 million coins were produced at the British Royal Mint (then in London), and

neg: Bank of England £1 note printed signature of the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England. In 1940, following the outbreak of the Second World War, one pound notes were issued in a new blue-orange colour scheme to deter counterfeiters, although the design remained the same. At the same time, metal thread running the paper was introduced as a security feature. After the war one pound notes were issued in their original green colour. The earliest post-World War II notes did not have the metallic thread security feature, but those issued from September 1948 onward did. A new design for one pound notes was introduced

neg: QF 2-pounder naval gun QF 2-pounder naval gun The 2-pounder gun, officially designated the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a British autocannon, used as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy. The name came from the sound that the original models make when firing. This QF 2-pounder was not the same gun as the Ordnance QF 2 pounder, used by the British Army as an anti-tank gun and a tank gun, although they both fired , projectiles. The first gun to be called a pom-pom was the 37 mm Nordenfelt-Maxim or "QF 1-pounder" introduced during the

neg: Niall Griffiths Ianto, which received strong reviews. In 2002 he published "Kelly + Victor", which explores the passionate sexual relationship between two clubbers which spirals towards destruction. The book was made into a film in 2012, directed by his friend Kieran Evans. His 2003 novel "Stump" won two national awards, the Welsh Books Council Book of the Year and the Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year Award. After two more novels "Wreckage" and "Runt", he wrote two travel guides "Real Aberystwyth", about his new home, and "Real Liverpool", both edited by Peter Finch. In 2009 he wrote "Ten Pound Pom",

neg: Ten Pound Poms total of 1,442 immigrants. Prime Minister Julia Gillard migrated with her family from Barry, Glamorgan, Wales in 1966. Her parents hoped the warmer climate would help cure her lung infection. Another Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, migrated in 1960 under the scheme, although his father had already lived in Australia after arriving at the beginning of the Second World War on a Blue Funnel Liner, and his mother was an Australian expatriate living in Britain at the time of his birth. England fast bowlers Harold Larwood (in 1950) and Frank Tyson (in 1960) also took advantage of the scheme when they

neg: Cheerleading one leg is bent towards the ground as if kneeling and the other is out to the side as high as it will stretch in toe-touch position), and creating the "Spirit Stick". By the 1960s, college cheerleaders began hosting workshops across the nation, teaching fundamental cheer skills to high-school-age girls. In 1965, Fred Gastoff invented the vinyl pom-pom, which was introduced into competitions by the International Cheerleading Foundation (ICF, now the World Cheerleading Association, or WCA). Organized cheerleading competitions began to pop up with the first ranking of the "Top Ten College Cheerleading Squads" and "Cheerleader All America" awards given

neg: Zmiovka Zmiovka The zmiovka (or zmijovka or zmijovec) is a traditional Czech knitted wool cap with no bill, encircled with a cuff and topped by a small pom-pom. The crown of the cap is characterized by thin stripes radiating from the pom-pom at the center. The most traditional color scheme for a Zmiovka (including for its pom-pom) is two-tone, with one of the colors being white and the other being black, brown, or red. Knitted into the cuff is a pattern in which smaller zig-zags are predominated by a large central zig-zag. The zig-zag is quite angular, but it has been

neg: Zmiovka where there are marked temperature differentials between day and night), has been in equatorial Africa, especially in Senegal and Nigeria. There, psychedelic rainbow color schemes have triumphed over two-tone traditionalism and have been a key aspect of Africans’ making the Zmiovka their own. Zmiovka The zmiovka (or zmijovka or zmijovec) is a traditional Czech knitted wool cap with no bill, encircled with a cuff and topped by a small pom-pom. The crown of the cap is characterized by thin stripes radiating from the pom-pom at the center. The most traditional color scheme for a Zmiovka (including for its pom-pom) is

neg: Pom-Bear Pom-Bear Pom-Bear is a teddy bear shaped snack food made out of potatoes. They are sold in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and in many other European countries. They were first introduced in 1987 in Germany where they are known as Pom-Bär. They were first introduced to the UK market in 1990. Pom-Bear come in several flavours. They are produced by the German snack food company Intersnack. Pom-Bear come in three core flavours: ready salted, cheese and onion, and salt and vinegar. Over the years the brand has been sold in a variety of limited edition flavours and

neg: Ten Pound Poms of New Zealand initiated a similar immigration scheme in July 1947. The first immigrants arrived on the RMS "Rangitata" later that year. The scheme was administered by the Department of Labour under the guidance of Bert Bockett, and was expanded to include the Netherlands in 1950. The Dutch immigration scheme finished in 1963, with just over 6,000 immigrants to New Zealand; with Bockett receiving the Olivier van Noort medallion from the Dutch government in the following year. The British immigration scheme lasted until 1971, with 76,673 immigrants. From 1957 to 1971, the scheme applied to further European countries, with a

neg: Victory Motorcycles logos rather than badges. For 2014 two options became available. The afore mentioned paint scheme came with Judge cast alloy wheels. And a new paint scheme of suede black with red flames appeared, keeping the wire wheels. Both versions feature a Judge headlight, replacing the previous headlight, which many people felt looked out of place on this style of bike. Introduced in February 2014 as a traditional "bobber" style of bike. With more muscle, (106 cubic inches) pound for pound the " Victory Gunner " leads the competition in the latest lineup of Cruiser style motorcycles currently on the market.

neg: John Hamblin John Hamblin John Hamblin (born 1935) is a retired English Australian children's television presenter and television and made-for TV film actor, he has appeared in numerous soap opera's, but is best known for his 29 year stint presenting children's program "Play School" from 1970 to 1999. He published a memoir in 2008. Hamblin grew up in Suffolk, England, and did his national service in Cyprus before returning to England to become an actor, with an appearance in cult series "The Prisoner" - the episode 'A Change of Mind'. He came to Australia as a Ten Pound Pom in the 1960s

neg: Scrappage program first initial run, and 170,000 when it was relaunched three years later in 2014. In Slovakia, a scrappage scheme was introduced that allows for €2,000 (originally €2,500) if the old car was older than ten years of age and the new car was below €25,000 in value. In Spain, there is a scrappage scheme (Plan 2000E) with a special credit scheme for a new car (category M vehicle) to reach a level of less than 120 g/km and trucks (category M vehicle) 160 g/km and if the old vehicle was more than ten years or 250,000 km. The United Kingdom

neg: Pom-Pom director Pom-Pom director The multi-barrel Vickers 40mm "Pom-Pom" antiaircraft mounting was introduced to the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The mounting was capable of a tremendous volume of fire but the crew had great difficulty in aiming the mounting due to the smoke and vibration created by the guns. It was, therefore, essential to aim the mount from a remote location, using a director that had a clear view, free from smoke and vibration. The director crew would aim at the target aircraft and, in the early versions of the director, cause layer ( altitude ) and trainer ( azimuth

neg: Pom-Pom director Operation Halberd. Pom-Pom director The multi-barrel Vickers 40mm "Pom-Pom" antiaircraft mounting was introduced to the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The mounting was capable of a tremendous volume of fire but the crew had great difficulty in aiming the mounting due to the smoke and vibration created by the guns. It was, therefore, essential to aim the mount from a remote location, using a director that had a clear view, free from smoke and vibration. The director crew would aim at the target aircraft and, in the early versions of the director, cause layer ( altitude ) and trainer

neg: Peruvian sol (1863–1985) at a rate of 1 sol = 5 francs (5.25 soles to the British pound and 1.08 soles to the US dollar). In 1880 and 1881, silver coins denominated in "pesetas", were issued, worth 20 centavos to the peseta. In 1881, the "inca", worth ten soles, was introduced for use on banknotes. The peg to the franc was replaced in 1901 by a link to sterling at a rate of 10 soles = 1 pound, with gold coins and banknotes issued denominated in "libra". This peg was maintained until 1930 when Peru left the gold standard and established an official

neg: Manx pound coins in 1976. In 1978 a 1 pound coin 22mm in diameter, 1.45mm thick and weighing 4g was introduced, but was not popular compared to the existing £1 note which remained in use. A 20 pence coin was introduced alongside its UK counterpart in 1982. In 1983, when the UK replaced £1 notes with pound coins, the Isle withdrew the pound coins issued since 1978 and began to issue ones to the UK coin's specification (22.5mm and 9.5g). Similarly, a bimetallic 2 pound coin was introduced alongside the UK version in 1998. The obverse of Manx coins bears the same

neg: Pom-Pom director the guns with the on-mount gun-sights due to the lack of space on these ships to site a Pom-Pom director. The Mk IV director was a considerable improvement and used gyroscopes in a gyro rate unit coupled to an optical rangefinder and Type 282 radar to determine the range, speed and direction of enemy aircraft and then used an on-director computer to produce an accurate fire control solution to hit the target. Later versions of the Mk IV director introduced remote power control (RPC) and could control the Pom-Pom mounting by remote control from the director. The Mk IV director

neg: Ten pence (Irish coin) a pound being the same as the previous florin. It retained the exact design and dimensions (except denomination) of the florin coin, introduced to the Irish Free State in 1928. Some florin coins remained in circulation until 1994, when it was decided to reduce the size of the ten pence coin. The original ten pence weighed and had a diameter of . Its size became a problem after inflation reduced the coin's value, and it was last minted in 1986. In 1993 a replacement was struck at diameter and . This new coin featured a salmon, but moved the location

neg: Australian dollar the decision had been a "terrible mistake" and it would need to be revisited. On 18 September Holt advised Parliament that the name was to be the "dollar", of 100 cents. The Australian pound, introduced in 1910 and officially distinct in value from the pound sterling since devaluation in 1931, was replaced by the dollar on 14 February 1966. The rate of conversion for the new decimal currency was two dollars per Australian pound, or ten Australian shillings per dollar. The exchange rate was pegged to the pound sterling at a rate of $1 = 8 shillings ($2.50 = UK

neg: Maxim gun by popular myth. Modern historical accounts suggest that, while it was effective in pitched battles, as in the Matabele war or the 1898 Battle of Omdurman, its significance owed much to its psychological impact. A larger-calibre version of the Maxim, firing a one-pound shell, was built by Maxim-Nordenfeldt. This was known in the Second Boer War (in South Africa) as the Pom-Pom from its sound and was used on both sides. The Maxim gun was also used in the Anglo-Aro War (in present-day Nigeria) of 1901–1902. National and military authorities were reluctant to adopt the weapon, and Maxim's company initially

neg: Bank of England £5 note (£5) were introduced by the Bank of England in 1793, following the ten pound note which had been introduced in 1759 as a consequence of gold shortages caused by the Seven Years' War. The 5 pound note was introduced again, due to gold shortages caused by the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars and was the lowest denomination of note issued until 1797. The earliest notes were handwritten and were issued to individuals as needed. These notes were written on one side only and bore the name of the payee, the date and the signature of the issuing cashier.

neg: Ten pence (British coin) Ten pence (British coin) The British decimal ten pence (10p) coin – often pronounced "ten pee" – is a unit of currency equalling ten one-hundredths of a pound sterling. Its obverse has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction in 1968, replacing the florin coin in preparation for decimalisation in 1971. Four different portraits of the Queen have been used on the coin, with the latest design by Jody Clark being introduced in 2015. The second and current reverse, featuring a segment of the Royal Shield, was introduced in 2008. Five pence and ten pence coins

neg: Pound sterling was introduced, struck in sterling silver. However, the penny's weight was reduced to , so 1 troy pound of sterling silver produced 60 shillings of coins. This silver standard was known as the "60-shilling standard" and lasted until 1601 when a "62-shilling standard" was introduced, reducing the penny's weight to grains (0.50 g). Throughout this period, the size and value of the gold coinage fluctuated considerably. In 1663, a new gold coinage was introduced based on the 22 carat fine guinea. Fixed in weight at to the troy pound from 1670, this coin's value varied considerably until 1717, when it

neg: QF 2-pounder naval gun Second Boer War, the smallest artillery piece of that war. It fired a shell one pound in weight accurately over a distance of . The barrel was water-cooled, and the shells were belt-fed from a 25-round fabric belt. The Boers used them against the British, who, seeing their utility, had the design copied by Vickers, who were already producing Maxim guns. During the First World War, it was used in the trenches of the Western Front against aircraft. The first naval pom-pom was the QF 1.5-pdr Mark I, a piece with a calibre of and a barrel 43 calibres long.

neg: Bank of England £1 note Bank of England £1 note The Bank of England £1 note was a banknote of the pound sterling. After the ten shilling note was withdrawn in 1970 it became the smallest denomination note issued by the Bank of England. The one pound note was issued by the Bank of England for the first time in 1797 and continued to be printed until 1984. The note was withdrawn in 1988 in favour of the one pound coin. One pound notes were introduced by the Bank of England for the first time in 1797, following gold shortages caused by the French Revolutionary

neg: Adriatic Campaign of World War II circling the enemy and pouring out a devastating fire of pom-pom and small calibre gunfire. When the first corvette was sunk "Avon Vale" closed to rescue the Germans while "Wheatland" continued to shoot up the second corvette which eventually blew up. Ten minutes later, the British came under fire from the German "Torpedoboot Ausland" destroyer "TA20" (ex-Italian destroyer Audace) which suddenly appeared on the scene. When the two British ships directed their fire at her and the enemy destroyer was sunk. But while the Adriatic campaign continued to the end of the war, the Hunts did not again engage large

neg: Ten pence (British coin) designs as "iconic themes that are quintessentially British". Ten pence (British coin) The British decimal ten pence (10p) coin – often pronounced "ten pee" – is a unit of currency equalling ten one-hundredths of a pound sterling. Its obverse has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction in 1968, replacing the florin coin in preparation for decimalisation in 1971. Four different portraits of the Queen have been used on the coin, with the latest design by Jody Clark being introduced in 2015. The second and current reverse, featuring a segment of the Royal Shield, was introduced

neg: Rhodesian pound Rhodesian pound The pound was the currency of Southern Rhodesia from 1964 to 1965 and Rhodesia from 1965 until 1970. It was subdivided into 20 "shillings", each of 12 "pence". The Rhodesian pound was introduced following the break-up of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, when Southern Rhodesia changed its name to simply Rhodesia. The Rhodesian pound replaced the Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound at par and the coins and banknotes of this earlier currency continued to circulate. Like its predecessor, the Rhodesian pound was initially pegged to the British pound. When the British pound was devalued from US$2.8 to US$2.4

neg: Ghanaian cedi was introduced in place of the old British pound system. Ghana's first President Kwame Nkrumah introduced Cedi notes and Pesewa coins in July 1965 to replace the Ghanaian pounds, shillings and pence. The cedi was equivalent to eight shillings and four pence (8s 4d) and bore the portrait of the President. After the February 1966 military coup, the new leaders wanted to remove the face of Nkrumah from the banknotes. The "new cedi" (1967-2007) was worth 1.2 cedis which made it equal to half of a pound sterling (or ten shillings sterling) at its introduction. After decades of high inflation

neg: Fifty pence (Irish coin) Fifty pence (Irish coin) The fifty pence (50p) () coin was a subdivision of the Irish pound. It was introduced in Ireland on 17 February 1970. It replaced the ten shilling coin when decimalised, and due to this conversion was introduced a year before Decimal Day in 1971. It is a seven sided coin, an equilateral curve heptagon of constant breadth (3 centimetres) and mass 13.5 grams. The sides are not straight but are curved so that the centre of curvature is the opposite apex of the coin - this is an equilateral curve which allows the coin to roll

neg: New Zealand dollar Words such as "fern", "kiwi" and "zeal" were proposed to avoid confusion with the word "dollar", which many people at the time associated with the United States dollar. In the end, the word "dollar" was chosen anyway, and an anthropomorphic dollar note cartoon character called "Mr. Dollar" became the symbol of transition in a huge publicity campaign. On Monday 10 July 1967 ("Decimal Currency Day"), the New Zealand dollar was introduced to replace the pound at a rate of two dollars to one pound (one dollar to ten shillings, ten cents to one shilling, cent to a penny). Some 27

neg: Ten pence (Irish coin) Ten pence (Irish coin) The ten pence (10p) () coin was a subdivision of the Irish pound. It was used in the Republic of Ireland from 1969 to 2002, with its last minting issue in 2000. It replaced the florin coin, of which it shared its design. Two different designs of the coin exist, both featuring a salmon on the reverse. The second was introduced in 1993 and is smaller, due to the reduction of the coin's value by inflation. It was introduced two years prior to Decimal Day, 15 February 1971, due to its value at a tenth of

neg: Pom-Pom director was fully tachymetric but suffered from the fact that the director was not stabilized against the movement of the ship, and consequently required a carefully trained crew to achieve good results. Even so, the Mk IV director was highly advanced and placed the Royal Navy in the forefront of naval anti-aircraft fire control when it was introduced to the Royal Navy on in 1940. Later versions were upgraded with Type 282 radar and RPC beginning in 1941, with HMS "Prince of Wales" being one of the first ships to receive the radar upgrade, which she first used in action during

neg: Princeton Ocean Model the POM users group and its web support (by Tal Ezer) resulted in a continuous increase in the number of POM users which grew from about a dozen U.S. users in the 1980s to over 1000 users in 2000 and over 4000 users by 2009; there are users from over 70 different countries. In the 1990s the usage of POM expands to simulations of the Mediterranean Sea (Zavatarelli) and the first simulations with a sigma coordinate model of the entire Atlantic Ocean for climate research (Ezer). The development of the Mellor–Ezer optimal interpolation data assimilation scheme that projects surface satellite

neg: QF 2-pounder naval gun their own 1.1" gun, the U.S. Army 37 mm Gun, the Vickers 40 mm pom-pom, and the Bofors 40 mm: An advanced weapon when introduced, by the outbreak of World War II advances in aircraft would have made it obsolete but for the introduction of the high-velocity round and new director designs. It was intended that the curtain of fire it threw up would be sufficient to deter attacking aircraft, which it did, but was hampered by the ineffective Mk III director. The MK IV Director with a Gyro Rate Unit and Type 282 radar was a great advance and

neg: HMS King George V (41) the guns could only practically fire seven to eight rounds per minute, due to the heavy weight of the shell and the fact that the 5.25-inch round was semi-fixed, requiring the crew to separately load the cartridge and shell into the breech. "King George V" introduced the High Angle Control System Mark IVGB anti-aircraft fire control system to the Royal Navy, which, along with the Mk IV Pom-Pom Director, pioneered the use of the Gyro Rate Unit. The "King George V" design had four 0.5-inch quadruple machine gun mounts, but in 1939 these were replaced by two Mark VI pom-pom

neg: Jessie Vasey a loan to purchase a property. The scheme grew from there. In 1954, the government offered to match pound for pound money spent by voluntary agencies on housing for the elderly, a subsidy which was doubled in 1958. The War Widows' Guild formed a subsidy, Vasey Housing, with Vasey as its managing director. By 1965 it was housing 250 widows in Victoria alone. Conflict over the scheme arose from the considerably different needs of the elderly widows of previous wars and of the younger, more recent war widows. This would recur when they were joined by war widows from the

neg: HMS Warspite (03) the flagship of Admiral Dudley Pound's Mediterranean Fleet, but trials revealed problems with propulsion machinery and steering, a legacy of Jutland, which continued to beset "Warspite" and delayed her departure. These delays and the work required to rectify them also affected the crew's leave arrangements and led to some sailors airing their views in national newspapers, angering Pound. "Warspite" finally entered Grand Harbour, in Malta, on 14 January 1938 and continued gunnery practice and training. At the end of one anti-aircraft exercise, a junior midshipman independently discharged his pom-pom gun after a towing aircraft flew low overhead to display its

neg: HMS Undine (1917) on a raised platform and one between the second and third funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, while torpedo armament consisted of two twin mounts for torpedoes. Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock. The ship had a complement of 82 officers and ratings. "Undine" was one of ten modified destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty in March 1916 as part of the Eighth War Construction Programme and was launched in March 1917. On commissioning, "Undine" joined the 15th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet, and served there until 1919. When

neg: Irish pound introduced UK versions. When the UK 5p and 10p coins were reduced in size, the Irish followed suit, but the new Irish 10p was smaller than the new UK version introduced in 1992 and the new Irish 5p was slightly larger than the UK version introduced in 1990. The Irish 50p was never reduced in size (as it had been in the UK in 1997). 31 December 1998, the exchange rates between the European Currency Unit and the Irish pound and 10 other EMS currencies (all but the pound sterling, the Swedish krona and the Danish krone) were fixed. The

neg: Immigration to Australia of displaced Europeans migrated to Australia and over 1,000,000 British subjects immigrated under the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme, colloquially becoming known as Ten Pound Poms. The scheme initially targeted citizens of all Commonwealth countries; after the war it gradually extended to other countries such as the Netherlands and Italy. The qualifications were straightforward: migrants needed to be in sound health and under the age of 45 years. There were initially no skill restrictions, although under the White Australia Policy, people from mixed-race backgrounds found it very difficult to take advantage of the scheme. In the 1970s, multiculturalism largely displaced cultural

neg: Solomon Islands pound Solomon Islands pound The pound was the currency of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate between 1899 and 1966. It was divided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. Initially, the British pound circulated, supplemented by local banknotes from 1916. In 1920, Australian coins and banknotes were introduced, although local paper money continued to be produced until 1932. When the Australian pound broke its parity to the pound sterling in 1930 during the great depression, this caused uncertainty in the British territories of the Western Pacific regarding whether their pound unit was a pound sterling or an Australian pound. This uncertainty

neg: Southampton Corporation Transport poor passenger numbers. New large estates were being built across the City and all of them required public transport. A number of services could be diverted or extended to service the new estates. The only estate that needed a new service to be introduced was Thornhill. This requirement saw the birth of the 18 service, which was introduced on 15 December 1957, and ran from Central Station to Thornhill via the Civic Centre and Bitterne. A scheme proposed in 1955 for developing Pound Tree Road in the City Centre as a bus centre. The plans included new shelters and bus

neg: Torchy the Battery Boy episode introduced Mr Bumbledrop, who had lots of toys and loved children, and his dog, Pom Pom, a white French poodle with straight hair needing curlers every night. Also Bossy Boots, a nasty little girl who likes pulling her toys to pieces, but a trip to Topsy Turvy land reforms her. Flying kites, the bad children (Bossy Boots, her brother Bogey, etc.) playing in Mr B's garden tie their toys to the kites they are flying and a strong wind comes along and blows all of the kites and toys away as well as Pom Pom who tries to save

neg: Sudanese pound introduced on 8 June 1992, the Sudanese dinar replaced the first Sudanese pound at a rate of 1:10. In 2005, the National Public Radio of the United States reported that forces in Southern Sudan were printing pound notes bearing the name "Bank of New Sudan", but there is no such bank. In addition, numbers of the banknotes had duplicate serial numbers. Their legitimacy is questionable. When introduced on 10 January 2007, the second Sudanese pound replaced the Sudanese dinar at a rate of 1:100. This new currency was mandated by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed between the Sudanese government

neg: Rhodesian pound the entire order was destroyed by the printers. Substitute consignments were printed in Rhodesia between 1966 and October 1968. Rhodesian pound The pound was the currency of Southern Rhodesia from 1964 to 1965 and Rhodesia from 1965 until 1970. It was subdivided into 20 "shillings", each of 12 "pence". The Rhodesian pound was introduced following the break-up of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, when Southern Rhodesia changed its name to simply Rhodesia. The Rhodesian pound replaced the Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound at par and the coins and banknotes of this earlier currency continued to circulate. Like its predecessor, the

neg: Southern Rhodesian pound Southern Rhodesian pound The pound was the currency of Southern Rhodesia. It also circulated in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The pound was subdivided into 20 "shillings", each of 12 "pence". From 1896, private banks issued notes denominated in pounds equal to the British pound. In 1932, a distinct coinage was introduced. In 1938, the Southern Rhodesia Currency Board was established and took over the issuance of paper money the following year. Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland joined in 1953 to form the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which continued to use the Southern Rhodesian pound until 1955 when coins

neg: G3 battlecruiser and the third was aft. The anti-aircraft guns were controlled by a high-angle control system mounted on the very top of the forward superstructure. Each "pom-pom" mount had its own director and there was also a height-finder aft. Two torpedo rangefinders were located on the sides of the funnels. A first for any British dreadnought was the use of the all or nothing protection scheme in the G3s. Medium-thickness armour had proven to be useless in stopping heavy-calibre shells during World War I so the vital areas of the ship were protected by the thickest possible armour and the rest

neg: Pom (dish) Lebanese, Portuguese, Chinese, East Indians, Jews and French Huguenots. Within the Surinamese community "pom" is frequently referred to as a dish of Creole and/or Jewish origin. It was introduced by the Portuguese-Jewish plantation owners as the Portuguese potato (""pomme de terre"") oven dish. Because the potato did not grow in Suriname and had to be imported it was soon replaced with the root of the tayer plant. "Pom" combines three central ingredients: chicken, citrus juice and "pomtajer" ("Xanthosoma sagittifolium"). Only the latter is indigenous, and although all plant parts are edible, only the underground part of the main stem is

neg: Libyan pound Libyan pound The Libyan pound (Arabic جنيه, "junieh") was the currency of Libya between 1951 and 1971. The pound was divided into 100 piastres (قرش, qirsh) and 1000 milliemes (مليم). When Libya was a part of the Ottoman Empire, the country used the Ottoman qirsh (XOTP), issuing some coins locally until 1844. When Italy took over the country in 1911, the Italian lira was introduced. In 1943, Libya was split into French and British mandate territories. Algerian francs were used in the French mandate, whilst Tripolitanian lira issued by the British Military Authorities were used in the British mandate. In

neg: N3-class battleship by two DCTs mounted on each side of the bridge. The anti-aircraft guns were controlled by a high-angle control system mounted on the mizzenmast. Each "pom-pom" mount had its own director and there was also a height-finder aft. Two torpedo rangefinders were located on the sides of the funnels. A first for any British dreadnought was the use of the all or nothing protection scheme in the N3s and G3s. Medium-thickness armour had proven to be useless in stopping heavy-calibre shells during World War I so the vital areas of the ship were protected by the thickest possible armour and

neg: Gibraltar pound process of decimalization. In 1975, 10 and 20 pound notes were introduced, followed by 50 pounds in 1986. The 1 pound note was discontinued in 1988. In 1995, a new series of notes was introduced which, for the first time, bore the words "pounds sterling" rather than just "pounds". The government of Gibraltar introduced a new series of banknotes beginning with the 10 and 50 pound sterling notes issued on July 8, 2010. On May 11, 2011, the 5, 20 and 100 pound sterling notes were issued. Gibraltar pound The Gibraltar pound (currency sign: £; banking code: GIP) is the

neg: Saint Helena pound notes, followed by 50-pence and 10-pound notes in 1979. The 50 pence and 1 pound notes were withdrawn and replaced by coinciding coins in 1984, with 20-pound notes first being introduced in 1986. A redesign of the 5-pound note was introduced in 1988. In 2004, a new series of 5, 10, and 20-pound notes was introduced featuring a redesign and newer security features, produced by De La Rue Banknote and Engraving Company. At the issuance of this new series, the 1-pound note was discontinued and withdrawn from circulation. The only bank on Saint Helena and Ascension is the Bank of

neg: Pom-pom or "Open Pom" is considered its own style of dance during competitions. For this style dancers use pom-poms and moves that are specifically choreographed to include pom-poms, but usually incorporate hip-hop and jazz choreography as well. When judging a routine in the Pom or Open Pom category, judges typically look for clean, sharp movements and complete synchronization of the team. These dances occasionally use different colored pom-poms and outfits to convey a theme and the dance team will create pictures from their pom-poms that relate to this theme. Small pom-poms may be used to adorn hats (such as Tam o'

neg: Sainsbury's of the UK's largest retail loyalty scheme called 'Nectar' in 2002. The scheme allows customers to earn points on almost everything bought from Sainsbury's as well as from other participating retailers in return for a large range of rewards. For every pound spent the customer earns 1 point - a reward equivalent to 0.5% of supermarket purchases. Since 2015 Sainsbury's no longer offers 1 bonus point for every carrier bag the customers reuses. From April 2015, Sainsbury's halved the number of points that customers earned for every pound, to one point per pound. Sainsbury's previously operated Sainsbury's Reward Scheme between

neg: Ezra Pound Hilda Doolittle arrived in London from Philadelphia in May 1911 with the poet Frances Gregg and Gregg's mother; when they returned in September, Doolittle decided to stay on. Pound introduced her to his friends, including the poet Richard Aldington, whom she would marry in 1913. Before that the three of them lived in Church Walk, Kensington—Pound at no. 10, Doolittle at no. 6, and Aldington at no. 8—and worked daily in the British Museum Reading Room. At the museum Pound met regularly with the curator and poet Laurence Binyon, who introduced him to the East Asian artistic and literary concepts

neg: Pom Prap Sattru Phai District Pom Prap Sattru Phai District Pom Prap Sattru Phai (, ) is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Dusit, Ratchathewi, Pathum Wan, Bang Rak, Samphanthawong, and Phra Nakhon. Pom Prap Sattru Phai is an old district established in 1915 when the districts of Bangkok were overhauled and replaced by 25 amphoes. Later, two of the original 25, Sam Yot and Nang Loeng were merged into Pom Prap Sattru Phai. The district was named after a fort ("pom" in Thai) southward of Nang Loeng Market. The fort was one of the eight

neg: Pom-pom heavy pom-poms in the team's colours. They sometimes require more than one person to lift them, and they are waved about when a goal is scored. Floggers are an important part of Australian rules football culture and cheer-squads. Pom-poms are sometimes used as children's toys. They are a common feature at the ends of the handlebars of children's tricycles and bicycles. They are also used in children's artistic crafts to add texture and color. Pom-pom A pom-pom – also spelled pom-pon, pompom or pompon – is a decorative ball or tuft of fibrous material. The term may refer to large

neg: Ten Pound Poms moved to Australia with his family in 1950. Rugby League Player and actor Ian Roberts moved to Sydney with his family in 1967. According to Roberts, he "was brought up in an English household and Australia existed outside the front door.” A. James Hammerton and Alistair Thomson, "Ten pound Poms: Australia's invisible migrants", Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York, 2005. Ten Pound Poms Ten Pound Poms (or Ten Pound tourists) is a colloquial term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War. The Government of

neg: HMS Black Swan (L57) quadruple barrel 2-pounder pom-pom short-range anti-aircraft gun. Anti submarine armament consisted of depth charge throwers with 40 depth charges carried. When completed, "Black Swan" was not fitted with the planned quadruple pom-pom, but with two quadruple Vickers .50 machine gun mounts fitted instead. The pom-pom was installed in May 1941, and the ineffective machine guns replaced by a single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon in September that year. The Hedgehog anti-submarine weapon and two more 20 mm cannon were fitted in June 1942, and a further three cannon were fitted in 1943. The ship's depth charge complement was increased to 110

neg: Olivia Shakespear York from 1910-11. Despite the restriction Dorothy seems to have considered herself engaged to Pound, although uncertain whether he intended to stay in New York or return to London. In 1910 Yeats thought his horoscope suggested a return to Olivia; he distanced himself from Maud and in June began to see Olivia more frequently. Pound was fond of Olivia, which may have caused Yeats some jealousy as when, for example, Pound met the two at the theatre and took them afterward to tea—an occasion when Yeats was extremely rude to Pound. A year later, Olivia introduced Yeats to Georgie Hyde-Lees,

neg: Luccan pound Luccan pound The pound (Italian: "lira") was the currency of the Republic of Lucca until 1800 and again of the Duchy of Lucca between 1826 and 1847. It was subdivided into 20 shillings (Italian: "soldi"), each of 3 "quattrini" or 12 pennies (Italian: "denari"). The pound circulated until 1800, when the French franc was introduced, accompanied by the Luccan franc from 1805. After Napoleon's fall, the Luccan State remained without an official currency, using both old francs and Tuscan pounds and florins. The Luccan pound reappeared in 1826 by order of Duke Charles Louis, replacing all circulating currencies. The Luccan

neg: Pound sterling silver, named after its association with the currency. Sterling silver is harder than the 0.999 (99.9%) fine silver that was traditionally used, and so sterling silver coins did not wear down as rapidly as fine silver coins. The English currency was almost exclusively silver until 1344, when the gold noble was successfully introduced into circulation. However, silver remained the legal basis for sterling until 1816. During the time of Henry III, the pound sterling equalled the tower (weight) pound. In the 28th year of Edward I (around 1300), the tale (money) pound, or pound sterling, first began to differ from

neg: Scrappage program low emission cars and trucks, allocating $3,700,000,000 for the program. In Luxembourg, a scrappage scheme was introduced in January 2009 that allowed for a premium if the old car was older than ten years and the new car to meet CO < 150 g/km (€1,500) or CO < 120 g/km (€2,500). The Dutch Government provides a premium of €750 or €1,000 in association with the car industry. The city of Amsterdam provides an additional premium of between €250 and €1,000. In Norway a "Vehicle Scrap Deposit Tax" for all motor vehicles was introduced in 1978. When purchasing or registering a

neg: Decimalisation where the main unit (the pound) was unchanged, or introduced a new main unit (such as the dollar for Australia and New Zealand), equivalent to ten shillings (half a pound), with one cent = dollar. The following table shows the conversion of common denominations of coins of the £sd system. The farthing, at penny, was never converted, as it ceased to be legal tender a decade prior to decimalisation. In 1971, a new penny would have been worth 9.6 farthings (making a farthing slightly more than 0.104 new pence). In 1784, Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimal currency system based on

neg: Western Samoan pound coinage and from 1934 it became predominantly the new New Zealand coinage. When New Zealand decimalized its currency in 1967, the Western Samoan pound was replaced by the tala, at a rate of 1 pound = 2 tala. For a more general view of history in the wider region, see history of pound sterling in Oceania. In 1915, the first, provisional notes (dated 1914 but issued 1915) were issued by the New Zealand Occupying Military force. These were overprinted one pound and five pound notes of the Bank of New Zealand signed by Lt. Colonel Logan. Overprinted Ten shillings notes

neg: Goalball and Paralympic Games tournaments are called by Level 3 referees. Participating countries also have a national referee scheme. Changes over time have seen regulation period halves increase from seven, to ten, to the present twelve minutes. Team staff were limited to when coaching could occur, but now is after any whistled stoppage in play. Rules such as step-over and third-time throw have been removed. The ball must be thrown back at towards the opposition goals within ten seconds from contact. In 2014 this was extended to reaching the centre line to ensure a quicker delivery. Eye patching was introduced under

neg: Slang terms for money circulation in Scotland is occasionally referred to as a "Sheet" and thus the ten shilling note as a "Half Sheet". More commonly the ten shilling note was a "ten bob note" or, in London, "half a bar". "As bent as a nine bob note" is or was common colloquial phrase used to describe something or someone crooked or counterfeit. In pub culture five and ten pound notes are sometimes called "blue beer tokens" and "brown beer tokens" respectively. Fairly recent additions are a "Winston" for £5 (from the image of Winston Churchill on the back of the new note introduced

neg: Two pence (Irish coin) a diameter of 2.591 centimetres and weight of 7.128 grams consisting of copper, tin and zinc. In 1990 the decision was taken to produce the coin on a copper plated steel base as the bronze had become too expensive. The steel-based coins are magnetic. After reducing the size of the five and ten pence coins introduced in the early 1990s, the two pence coin was the fourth largest Irish coin, with only the twenty and fifty pence and the pound coin coins being larger in the series. The coin was worth of an Irish pound and was withdrawn for the

neg: Manx pound for the island since 1865. In 1971 the United Kingdom moved to a decimal currency, with the pound subdivided into 100 pence. The Isle of Man Government, having issued its own banknotes for ten years, took the opportunity to approach the Royal Mint and request its own versions of the decimal coins, which were introduced in 1971. The "Murrey Pennies" of 1668 were the first to depict the 'triskeles' symbol and the Island motto ""Quocunque Gesseris Stabit"" (sic), both of which have continued to feature on Manx coinage until the present day (the motto was corrected to ""Quocunque Jeceris Stabit""

neg: Groschen century. In Palestine during the British Mandate, a "grush" was a coin with a hole in it, valued at part of a pound (ten mils). It was named after an Ottoman coin. When the pound was replaced by the "lira" after Israeli statehood in 1948, the name was transferred to a coin (no longer with a hole) worth of a lira (ten perutot, later one agora). The name persisted for a while after the lira was replaced by the "shekel" in 1980 (one new agora, worth ten old agorot), but it gradually lost its standing as the name of a

neg: Zambian pound the Bank of Zambia introduced notes in denominations of 10 shillings, 1 and 5 pounds. Zambian pound The Zambian pound was the currency in Zambia from independence in 1964 until decimalization on January 16, 1968. It was subdivided into 20 "shillings", each of 12 "pence". The Zambian pound replaced the Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound at par. It was pegged to the pound sterling at par and was replaced by the kwacha at a rate of 2 kwacha = 1 pound or 1 kwacha = 10 shillings. In 1964, cupro-nickel 6 pence, 1 and 2 shilling coins were introduced, followed by

neg: Bank of Scotland £10 note pound note may be encountered although the Committee of Scottish Bankers encouraged the public to spend or exchange older, non-polymer ten pound notes before 1 March 2018. The Tercentenary series of Bank of Scotland notes was introduced in 1995, and is named for the three hundredth anniversary of the bank's founding, which occurred in that year. Each note features a portrait of Walter Scott on the front. The £10 note has a diamond on the front (other denominations having different shapes) to aid identification for those with impaired vision. The back features an image of The Mound, the location of

neg: Australian ten-pound note Australian ten-pound note The Australian ten-pound note was a denomination of the Australian pound that was equivalent to twenty dollars on 14 February 1966. This denomination along with all other pound denomination is still legal tender = twenty dollar note. It was first issued in 1911 onover printed banknotes issued by the various commercial and state banks of the time. In 1913 the first Australian banknote was issued. It featured a scene of the carting wheat at Narwonah in New South Wales. These banknotes were overprinted on private issue from various banks, signatures were Jas R Collins and Geo T

neg: Bank of England 10s note pence coin was introduced as a replacement for the ten-shilling note. The principal reason for the change was economy: the notes had an average lifetime of about five months whereas coins could last at least fifty years. The series C ten shilling notes ceased to be legal tender on 22 November 1970. In the Isle of Man, both the English and Manx Ten Shilling Notes continued to be legal tender for fifty new pence until 2013. Information taken from Bank of England website. Bank of England 10s note The Bank of England 10s note was a banknote of the pound

neg: Hugh Kenner Poetry of Ezra Pound" (1951) was dedicated to McLuhan, who had introduced Kenner to Pound on June 4, 1948, during Pound's incarceration at St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C., where Kenner and McLuhan had driven as a detour from their trip from Toronto to New Haven, Connecticut. (Pound, who became a friend of Kenner's, had suggested the book be titled "The Rose in the Steel Dust".) Later, Kenner said of McLuhan, "I had the advantage of being exposed to Marshall when he was at his most creative, and then of getting to the far end of the continent shortly afterward, when

neg: Newfoundland pound of Newfoundland" introduced 1 pound notes. The same denomination was issued by the "Commercial Bank of Newfoundland" from 1857. Both banks continued to issue notes denominated in pounds after the introduction of the dollar, although they did issue dollar notes in the 1880s. Newfoundland pound The pound was the currency of Newfoundland until 1865. It was subdivided into 20 "shillings", each of 12 "pence". The Newfoundland pound was equal to the British pound and British coins circulated, supplemented by locally produced tokens and banknotes. In 1865, the "dollar" was introduced at a rate of 1 dollar = 4 shillings 2

neg: HMS Lightfoot (1915) of at . The ship's main gun armament consisted of four QF Mk IV guns mounted on the ships centreline, with two of the guns positioned between the ship's funnels. An anti-aircraft armament of two 1-pounder (37 mm) "pom-pom" autocannons was planned, but during construction the 1-pounder pom-poms were diverted to the British Expeditionary Force when it deployed to France at the start of the First World War, and the ship completed with two 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom"s instead. Torpedo armament consisted of two twin 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. The ship's crew was 104 officers and men. "Lightfoot" was laid

neg: Economic history of Australia in the world to attain government. In 1910, the federal government introduced a national currency, the Australian pound. Monetary policy ensured that the Australian pound was fixed in value to the pound sterling, and as long as Britain was on the gold standard, so was Australia. In 1914, the pound sterling was removed from the gold standard, but when it was returned to the gold standard in 1925, the sudden increase in its value, imposed by the nominal gold price, unleashed crushing deflation. Both the initial 1914 inflation and the subsequent 1926 deflation had far-reaching economic effects throughout the British

neg: Southern Rhodesian pound Rhodesia Currency Board introduced 10 shilling, 1 and 5 pound notes, followed by 5 shilling notes between 1943 and 1948 and 10 pounds in 1953. In 1955, the Central Africa Currency Board issued notes in denominations of 10 shillings, 1, 5 and 10 pounds. Southern Rhodesian pound The pound was the currency of Southern Rhodesia. It also circulated in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The pound was subdivided into 20 "shillings", each of 12 "pence". From 1896, private banks issued notes denominated in pounds equal to the British pound. In 1932, a distinct coinage was introduced. In 1938, the Southern Rhodesia

neg: Great Hog Swindle army’s packers could pack meat in Kentucky that season. Most of Kentucky blamed Burbridge for the project. Symonds soon hired 6 agents to buy hogs for the army. They had instructions from him to only pay eight cents per pound. Within ten days, the army agents had purchased several thousand hogs at just seven and a half to eight cents per pound. When the drovers and farmers learned that hogs in the Louisville market were bringing in ten and half cents per pound, they protested. They cried that the army had taken the hogs by force for an unfair price.

neg: HMS Kempenfelt (1915) main gun armament consisted of four QF Mk IV guns mounted on the ships centreline, with two of the guns positioned between the ship's funnels. An anti-aircraft armament of two 1-pounder (37 mm) "pom-pom" autocannons was planned, but during construction the 1-pounder pom-poms were diverted to the British Expeditionary Force when it deployed to France at the start of the First World War, and the ship completed with two 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom"s instead. Torpedo armament consisted of two twin 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. In August 1915 "Kempenfelt" was selected for conversion to a fast minelayer, but owing to problems