SINGULAR STORY OF A BANKRUPT.
;. j/A very singular story was told the other day in New Plymouth at a meeting of creditors: — The debtor said he had lost £390 after this manner : He was in. Wellington, and was returning to New Plymouth with the sum of £390. He stated .that he placed bank notes to that amount in a pair of dirty socks, put the socks iv a pair of boots, and locked socks, boots and money up in his portmanteau. He sent the portmanteau down by an express from the hotel, and followed self on foot.- His luggage was placed on board s the steamer, but he was delayed in going to the boat, and it left just as he reached the wharf. He telegraphed to 'New Plymouth for the agent .there to look after his luggage, and went overland, stopping several days at Hawera, 'and in the meantime he did not know whether ' his £390 had been received at New Plymouth or not. When he arrived at his destination' he found that his portmanteau had been opened and the money taken. He neither informed the police nor the. bank of this, and made no effort to recover his money by advertising or otherwise. Some people believethe scJ.y, ;v.d : 'ihers don't.
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 159, 29 September 1883, Page 3
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212SINGULAR STORY OF A BANKRUPT. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 159, 29 September 1883, Page 3
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