THE DOLLAR ACTOR.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 8

THE DOLLAR ACTOR.

Latest-advices from Mr. Hatty Plimmer, thft Australian, actor-manages-, states .that lie is enjoying his holiday in Colombo immensely. He finds tho East more fascinating .than ever, and like many others who havfi <mco hud an.experience of Asia, lie has found it calling for yeajs. '.. .. .. .. Mr.'Plmnier was -formerly through the East, with tho Brough Comedy Company. Ho. used to : relate 'that one. oftho Most, coniical sights-he ever saw occurred. when the company was leaving Calcutta for Singapore, after a great season in tho Indian capital. In India, the coinage consists of rupees, annos, etc., but at- Singapore—the next port of call—tho old Mexican silver dollar was tho basis of all trade. In transferring money from one place .to another, there aro two ways of managing—by draft throagh a bank, or by .changing tho rupees into dollars. Now- the silver dollar, which fluctuated ,• in price, is & siz-lblo coin, and not aware of what lib was piling up for himself, Sir. Ra.lf Roberts, a member of tho company, dkcted to change the whole of his money into silver dollars, with tlw. result that just as tho steamer was about to leave the actor was seen sweating and staggering, up tho gangway with a sajaU sugar-bag, heavily weighted with dollars. Just as ho reached tho deck, a eoolio bumped into him, ho let the bag fail, and a dozen dollars rolled round and round as tho rest of tiro company shrieked with laughter at tho dollar prince. Mr. Roberts was too hot and embarrassed to pick the coins up, but a coolio gathered un tho bag for tho perturbed" actor, ajia for his pains got half a tloaon of tho "weights.''