WELCOME GIFT
(Press. Assn.-
MAN PRESENTED WITH FORGOTTEN SAVINGS . ACCOUNT|
— By Telegraph — Copyrlght)..
Hamilton, Tuesday. An unexpected and welcome hirthday present was received to-day by a Waikato resident.' Forty-nine years ago a suxn of money was placed in the savings hahlc in the name of a. small boy. The . years- went by and the small boy, grown to manhood, did not even know the account existed. Eventually he was traced to Gordonton, and upon making a sworn declaration that he is the man, received on this, his 60th hirthday-, the accunxulated sum of £80. On heing asked hy the justice be,fore whom he made th,e declaration of identity, could he find a'ny us'e for the money he replied. "Good'heaveri!" and - went off post haste "to collect th'e manna the existence of which he had not even dreamed of.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 411, 21 December 1932, Page 5
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138WELCOME GIFT Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 411, 21 December 1932, Page 5
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