THE BANK.
T6 the Editor of the LytteUon Times.
Sir, — Your contemporary the'; • Canterbury' Standard*' tells us that the -Union Bank did a very plucky thing.in coming Ito Caiiterbuiy—took a plunge in the da;-k—-inciirr6d heavy expenses— got':no profits, arid so on. '■'. I Have been told that the capital-imported, from Ensliind^vith which to commence the establishment was one box blank. notes, and.,^TLsO.in coppers ,and-;fourpenny bits. If, anybody had required' the payment: of a cheques in cash'life- must have chartered a wheelbarrow to take it 'away. It was' hardly possible" to make a; ruinous loss by such a modest speculation. I am, &c;j ':,
OLD STAGER,
July 8,1859,
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 696, 9 July 1859, Page 5
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105THE BANK. Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 696, 9 July 1859, Page 5
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