BANKING SERVICE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 4

BANKING SERVICE.

'■*" a; "londßnV- development. '—People -whose'business' goes on after barikWg* hours—traders, of all- kinds, and ' nianag'ers-of theatres'/cinemas, and restaur-ants-4'areif6i l ced- : af present: to leave .eonsideViible amounts of. cash- locked up'in their premises overnight or during week'cnds_or bank holidays, sometimes. undsr ' conditions -tha't leave,. cause. for anxiety. They will, with the service, established by the .Midland Bank in London, be able to deposit their cheques and cash in;":a safe insid'e-the bank,. although the bank, itself is. closed. . ' . i"Thesafe is connected by a chute with a fitting built in ; the. outside, wall ; of- the bank>/J.'he-customer is provided with a special key-which-opens a revolving door iii.'fliis"fitting. He'ik also : furnished with a leather wallet fastened with a lock which canlionly.-'beropened -with a'second special . key 1 ■: ?.*"*!¥•'•'•'■. :-■■■•!!.'■■ ■■■■■--' ».SHe puts'his- bash and", cheques' in: the .;vallet; ,r iidlqeks-, thejdoor in the;'wall,-.and places nis. , wallet ! on a"'small' platform inr side;*:tThia: platform: rotates as the door clpses, and the wallet goes clown-tHe chute in-Eo'theliafe. ~\~i~,. ( i ,:."■_.,'■. ~ : ... ".:;Each.,wallet,,bears;a special"number, and it cannot be opened except by the ens?' tomer,"wlic>,'goes"tothe bank' during banking-.- liours ■ next.,.day, -unlocks, the wallet andApays; in-.its contents in-the ordinary way.v:i.i.-,i! ,ia<ii'Au <*. •-.■. -• -- =...