BANKNOTE HOAX
PARTS. Sept 4. j A man whe d" Hared that lie had. been iiintrucletl by the Prefecture of Police to euathict investigations into ilie providei.' 1 o! laisi banknotes at i’lc.ssis ].r\near Manx, persuaded the Mayor of the town to neconi- j pany him on a round of the shop-keep- j He showed the mayor identity pap- | ovs in the mum of .Jaeipies ! hirion 1 and hearing the seal of the i’reh'cturo t oil' Police. ' The Mayer spread, and they went ; r-t to a shop kept by a widow named Aline. Paneharet, where the so-called , inspector eonliseated some hundreds of banknotes, declaring them to lie forg- . v!I, and giving a receipt in return. j They went to other simps, until one | shopkeeper refused to show his notes. : The alarmed inspector jumped into a waiting taxi-cab and made oil. later dismissing the taxicab driver and tell- j inir him to go back lor the Mayor, who would pay him for the whole journey.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1922, Page 4
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164BANKNOTE HOAX Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1922, Page 4
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