He Didn't want Much.
♦ A harmless-looking individual of shabby appearance walked into a bank at Kumara the other day and made a modest request for a oouple of thousand pounds. He assured the tillers that he didn't want any more -£2000 would just meet hi-, requirements The astonished official enquired^ whether be had an account at the bank and was informed by the necessitous stranger with a touch of indignation that he wasn't in the habit of keeping acoounts — " there was nothing in it." ..... The teller replied that it was rather against tbe rules of the bank to give away cash indiscriminately ; there would be too many who would wantj-j|p the loan of a few thousands until their weekly pay day, and there would soon be nothing left to buy offioe nibs with, muoh less pay salaries Tben there was trouble in the . bank and it took all Kumara and its policeman the best part of an hour co get tha man to the look-up. The poor fellow bad no money in buy pocket, but he had it on the brain. w»
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Manawatu Herald, 30 March 1899, Page 2
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182He Didn't want Much. Manawatu Herald, 30 March 1899, Page 2
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