FORTUNE OF £38,000.
.—...., . 9 FOUND IN A TRUNK. ' AN OLD MAN'S LONELY DEATH. On June 18th a, man about SO years a of age died unknown in Prince Alfred ii Hospital, one of Sydney's public hos- i' pitals. Tho old man had taken no J Jmoney iintb 'the! ihospfitaj. wtitlf' him;, and when the time for burial arose, n the Public Trustee sent a clerk to de- a ceased, *s room at the boarding-house a. to see if h'e had any assets. a. In a corner of a trunk in his room, a a fortune of £38,000 was found tucked tl away. j p: The old man had dressed poorly and j w lived poorly in a slums boarding-house; I ,\ the manner of his life may be judged ' ai from the remark of a cabman who said ' T he thought he was the boarding-house vc "rouscabout." His personal effects, 1 jr according to ihp officer of the Public si Tir.-ico's Department handling his ~, affairs, were not worth ten shillings. ;u He fell ill early in Jtin'e, and the pco- m pie in the boarding-house, knowing of ai no relnti'' who could care for him, had c lj him taki <o hospital. v, Je a rner of riis trunk in his room c l, w;is a small t . '.: bo:;; and, to the !U clc '■: '- amazemeilt, i! was full of valu- ~| able securities. He secured them, ami t :i reported to his office. Then the at- a range-ments for tho burial was made. i u At the office the cash box was ex- p( amined more closely, and was found to ~, contain about £38.000 worth of securi- j s tie*. There was £20,000 on fixed de- j n posits in various Sydney banks. £12,00(1 lu in New South Wales Funded Stock, us and several thousand pounds worth of m shares in the Bank of Neve South Wales 1(J and the Commercial Banking Company. t i, Practically nothing was known of p , the man, except his age and name; lb but it is thought at one time he was Sl a postmaster at one of tho Sydney i'OSt Offices. fj. The Public Trustee's Department l:( applying for a grant of administration, tJ and when this is secured, the name will 0( be revealed, and steps will be takon to get in touch with relatives. w M3gT*y*glS^^^lß f S r -r,, II
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Otaki Mail, 6 August 1923, Page 3
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