£80,000 CHEQUE FOUND

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 443, 26 May 1937, Page 2

£80,000 CHEQUE FOUND

Ricksha Puller’s Luck I \ . I I Osaka, May 12. A veteran ricksha puller of this city, Ichitaro Tsujimoto, has reason to believe in the truth of the old. acl ge that it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good’. While waiting for a customer he leaned down to j pick up a fluttering piece of paper, i which proved to be a cheque for 1,500,000 yen, drawn by a spinning company to the credit of a raycV company. Believing the cheque was worth only 150 yen (he overlooked the character for ten thou stand, whi|b!h marked its unusual value), the modest cricksha man took it to the nearest police station. It was taken, to the office of the spinning company, where its authenticity was affirmed'. It had been lost by an office boy on his wtay to the bank. Mr. Tsujimoto’s hones'ty did not go unrewarded. He received an honorarium of 600 yen from the company. a sum which probably exceeded his annual earnings between the i shafts of his ricksha. I