RAINING MONEY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 811, 4 November 1929, Page 1

RAINING MONEY

Cheques Flutter Down to Liftman WIND AND A WINDOW Goggling in surprise, the liftman watched them drift toward him—coloured strips of paper that swooped and dived erratically as they were caught in eddying breezes that blew gustily round the corners of the building. rpHE liftman had left his little cage -*• and sauntered to the footpath to gaze on the outside world when the little shower of cheques and banknotes fluttered down on him, apparently out of a blue sky. It was some time before he recovered from his surprise sufficiently to collect the slips, about half a dozen of them, and ne was looking at them in surprise when an agitated girl from an office four floors above came dashing down the stairs. Explanations were forthcoming. It was not that any benevolent airman had been distributing largesse in a novel manner, as the liftman may at first have hoped. The little typist had been making up her bank account on a desk near the window when, her attention distracted for a moment, the mischievous breeze had whisked the little pile of cheques and flimsy new notes through the open window. After that first playful gust there was but little wind which was fortunate, as the liftman was able to make a good save and return all the lost papers to the startled clerk.