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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 103, 31 December 1879, Page 4

Hts Head Scbbwed on Right. — A good story comes to me ("Loafer m the street,") from the North, and I -take the opportunity .of thanking the Bender for xoany similar ones. A lad was sent to cole ct the amount of a bill from a bouse which ■was known td be shakey. After a long delay the head of the house gave him a" cheque for £75, the amount of the account dnp. Parting off to the Bank the lad presented the cheque which was returned* with the mystic letters N.S.3T. written on" it. **.Ho,w much is it short," said the lad. Four pounds fifteen shillings," answered the teller F.fter a pause. Jfc only wanted two minutes to three, as the boy knew well enough, so pulling out a firer he "paid it into the credit of {he-firm who had given him the cheqno, and drawing out the full amount returned to bis employers with the dollars. The other firm called on the following day, 'and were very much surprised $0 find they Bad seventy odd pounds less inthe Bank than they had anticipated. That boy will do - yrell m this colony. '"*■ ' ."'