A BANK SWINDLED.
SYDNEY, Dec. 14. A daring swindle was perpetrated by two men at a. cost of' five thousand sterling to the Australian Bank of Commerce. This bank received a telephone message from the National Bank asHnor for fir.' thousand sterling in notes. Ten minutes later tjvo men arrived with <a National Bant warrant authorising payment to them. The money was paid out and the men left without hindrance. Hours later the National Bank received a warrant in the usual exchanges. The signatures were forgeries and they refused to “0.K.” the document. The swindle was then discovered. How they secured the official stamp is A mvstery.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1929, Page 4
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107A BANK SWINDLED. Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1929, Page 4
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