ATTEMPTED FRAUD.
o -~. A CLERK YIELDS TO TEMPTATION. (Per Press Association/) AUCKLAND, Oct. 17. A cheque tor £7'5D was nrcschtt.l at the Sank of New South Wales in Suva (Fiji); on the;Rth vnsit., jantf was being pajd over in gold to Mr E. Curtin, a clerk employed by Messrs. ! Brown and Joske. The Bank, wondering why so much gold was hein-j required in one demand, sent a message to tlto firm jntweMfd as to its bona fides. Mr Arthur Joske proceeded to the bank to find their late clerk counting the money. On being asked what it all meant (says the Fiji Times), Curtin admitted 4 hat ,< he could not resist' Hie tjemptatjon. He has since been arrested by the police. Cuitin arrived frnnt Auckbvjid a month a,go, and was in the employ of Messrs Browne and Joske I o Oct (I He gave his age a* lfl years, tli 0 u K h he looks a lew years older.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7954, 18 October 1905, Page 3
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160ATTEMPTED FRAUD. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7954, 18 October 1905, Page 3
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