A HIBERNIAN BANK INCIDENT

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 326, 31 January 1874, Page 3

A HIBERNIAN BANK INCIDENT

A WOMAN THAT WANTED HEE MONET.

The news ci[ the suspension of the banks of the city, published in the papers of yesterday morning, created intense excitemont in Kerry Pat h. The thrifty population of that classic precinct are in the habit of depositing their meagre earnings in, the savings banks, and anything that casts a -shadow upon those useful institutions throws a gloom over the Patch. The first duty performed yesterday in Kerry s after feeding the pig and milking the goat, was to go down an-i look after the deposits in the bank. One determined woman took her station in front of the Hibernian Bank, and patiqntly waited on the sidewali for two-hourß, until she saw the doors opened. The,n she entered with a firm step, and addressing young Tansey, said, in a voice of thunder : " Is this bank suspended ?"■ " Yes, madam, but only temporarily." " Tipporarily, is it ? I know what a Tipperary suspinsion is — it manos gone up. I've got 200 dols. deposited in this bank, and I want my money." " Well, madam, you need not talk so loud. Give me youivpass book, and you shall have your money." " Have you got it ?" " Yes, I've got it. Hand over your book." " Are you suie you've got my 200 dols. safe and sound ?" " Yes, here it is ; don't tna'ie so much noise." "I've got a right to make a noise. I worked bard for that 200 dols., and do you think I'm going to- lose it without making a noise ?" " I tell you your 2QO dab. is not lost ; hore, take it away, and don't talk so loud." " You have got it; have you ?" " Yes 5 I tefl. you it in here." " My 200 dole.?" *' Yes, your 200 dols.; take it and go." " What do I want with it? Don't I put it in here for Bafe keeping ? " and the depositor launched into a lengthy and loud harangue on banks and bankers, attracting a crowd around the door. One of the directors, finding the woman coujd not be -silenced, called in a

policeman, who took her by the arm for the purpose of leading her out. " Is it the likes of you that dares to lay the weight of your dirty claws on a dacint woman wid 200 dols. in the bank ? ' G-et out of this and leavo me alone, ye spalpeen — I'm a daoint woman, and that's more than you can say."

At this moment the president of the bank entered, and, learning the cause of the disturbance, ordered the woman to bo released, and invited her politely to take a seat. " I don't want to sit down. I've got 200 dols. in this bank, and I'm used to standin'."

" Madam, I think you had better take your money." " Have you got it ? " " Yes, here is your money."

" What do you take me for ? I put my money in this bank for safe keeping, and be dad I'm not going to be forced to take it away. This is a bank of deposit, and I'm a depositor — do you mind that ? "

It was in vain that the depositor was urged to draw her money. She would neither take it nor remain silent. After standing an hour or so longer, and talking all the time at a furious rate, she remembered that her children had not had their breakfast, and with many a protestation against the attempt to force a poor woman to draw her money, she wended her way back to Kerry Patch, and informed all the neighbors that the Hibernian Bank was only fooling, and had not suspended at all.