A Bank Note Swindle

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 239, 28 January 1888, Page 4

A Bank Note Swindle

The Federal 'Bank officials, at the head office, in Collins stroet, Melbourne, the other day received from another bank in the Ordinary transaction of business a Federal Bank note for liquidation, 'which purported to be for the amount of £50. ()n examination it was discovered ,that this, note was in reality a. £20 note, ' Skilfully metamorph6sed ' with the object, of \ eh'hanchig its value, by £30. At oaeh ;of the to£ corners • the figures £20 are pasted i over By* two corners of £50 notes, and in the body of the note the word " Twenty " is ' also pasted' over" with" the word ", Fifty " cub from the body«oLa s ,£s^ note, but on the back "the word "'Twenty" remains . unoblitorated. The Federal ,Bank refused' to recognise tlib note as having a .'yalue'of more than '£20, and notified theex'changing bank jofr the , fact. Amongst.-, the , note's*' in hand at' the Federal Bank are 'tWb3 r £so notes/ 1 from bne of w"hich'" > ibhe < 'righ^-h^d corner i beacing i the;' .figpres 1 ib £50 . has .been, removed, , and from the ■diner 'fcfrS lef fc;hanc] u corrv^rjVgo, %})a,t "neiti^r; noteis dest-rpyed )( and yet t*6jß^'apipuia^or ? j .Wl{o^sisupp'osed' I'to liavfe . been "the '^erspjti iwJwWessed lip' the' £20, note , in > .questiqn, » ! hall 'Alt tlie 1 ma^ria'V;require^[tp': ajtei^ tiVe, tohMciie'r/of "tM fibte.^ ,\Fr.Mo. «9Axe" J pf< the ithe }Mf of ttfe^note'has 'p^cgTo^ &%, excision, be\t?g, f neatly 1 cpver,ejfjl 'wi^li .aKe^ oSoutn^Wate^receip^s^am^^ Jty.6 }]$$.]$ sthat the pe"?so!tt^dr"of t^Vij^e^oa|}^eYJge ..Ne^w^Sßuth TO|e'eJ;an^th>t the^ubsequent l hofd t #mltda& )06itItiR?6HBKVill- therefore loso t% $3Q,