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(“Sydney Sun” Cables). A WEEK'S REVEL. NEW YORK, April 15. George Lister, after a week’s revel in Broadway, wherein lie spent 2000 dollars daily, now sits in a cell ruminating on the way of the transgressor and awaiting extradition to California, to face charges of absconding with 10,000 dollars, bister was an Express Company cashier in California, who, on receiving a shipment of currency a month ago. tied with the intention of having a (ling on New York’s Great White Way. "
(aster spent 5000 dollars on a transcontinental tour, arriving with 14,000 dollars, which, for a brief .time, made him Broadway's most lavish spender. Lister stuffed a hundred dollars ir notes into a cabaret musician’s hand? and gave menials and waiters fabulous tips.
He paid a chauffeur 2000 dollars lor the use of bis cab, spending the balance to furnish free liquor to all who wish, ed it.
bister, with the fortune spent, borrowed a five cents fare and rode tc a down town sub-way, and surrendered himself to the Express Company’s agents. 17.5. A. DECISION. WASHINGTON, April 15. The Senate adopted the Japanese exclusion clause in the Immigration Bill.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1924, Page 3
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