GUARDING THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 251, 16 February 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)

GUARDING THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

_____ I Thi' 7J;i.nk of England is quito the ' institution in the world. ' .No L»iii*sjl:ii- or hank-thief his ever suo<ceded in making it part wiili a penny. I I'iin fzrea* oiitc," doors are so finely bal- ! niced that a clerk cm, hy pressing a J kni.'lj under his desk, instantly shut them in tin- lai o of anvone making a <l«di I'm- ilie street. They cannot bo upend crept, 1,, sj!p> iai machinery. In rot - • near the doors are hidden lour guardians, who, without l«iing ; -eon tliohiM'lvcs, watch iill visitors i through mirrors. Sppiial and eo-dly precautions are taken to guard the bullion department, j whom tin e o !d i- -tored. It. has hecn -ta.ted that the whole department is ' « ''merged every ni.nht in several feet "i water liy machinery. The simo mai iimcry .\hil.l lie also -et in motion ai't/nnati' ally, if at any time durng "Ie- .'ay the j la «; were tampered with, j nIII.I, PI.KM'V ur |{(io;\) ■ WorMio.: on I he lad that in an aver- ' :■■:" '-row:I tin re ~;<• Fn-r pi rv.ns stand- ! ice: ■■ : h •<|icir ( . vard. a -.oienti-t Ins •■■<■> I'lnl d rhaf the whole iV the 'f- : I' dniant. of [ho eaith c.uhl alinosl h- ' ■•i •" in- .. h.1.-d <ii ii:,. en,and <f ,, , ; , : ,,| I \>\ (he ( rmntv ol 1.., in! in. AT Ilie inl.alnianl ■ ot Canada coiil.l I'*-! i eln Ilie Four hundred a- res | H.vl.. i\r!.. v.lii'e Mario.sea I'uk could ' *-' h -t').v away ||..- clc-lo p il-ition • i A' "fi 'lia men. vwinn n and child, j ron. Kiic..; C--ii. ,-., M ;..ive a pardon p.'.li.V tlieiell :. disiin t'v irro.vdod "•i" t , th.i ulmlo i opnhliou ol NV,v ' /jo .••-Mid. in- ,1, . |, ~,;■'.,::, ' \," V ; / -'• ■:.-! (.Slhl 1,0 k„, i M il> H'O Y.rnnti ' .mm( ; .-e;:nd-- liftv am* of Hiiukin..