CURIOUS DISCOVERY OF FORGED BANK NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1983, 24 March 1885, Page 2

CURIOUS DISCOVERY OF FORGED BANK NOTES.

Tiikke employees of the Metropolitan lioard of Woi ka were engaged in cutting down a fur/c bush with the object of making a pathway neat Lcwishntn when they came upon a tin l>ox lull of Bank of Kngland notes. Ths box resembled an oblong American meat tin. Some care had been exercised in securing it, and the lid was well sealed down. It is thought that whoever placed the notes where they were found intended that they should be well preserved from damp, and that the intention wan to hide them only for a time, until the iiu|iiirte3 — which it was supposed, correctly as it turns out, were at tliat period being punned in London in < o-inection with the airest in Vienna-^ had ceased, or until th<" activity of th« police and the Bank of England authorities had been somewhat ieli\ed. At all events, the £500 and £100 forged notes thus discovered corresponded exactly with thos^ sei/ed in Vienna, both in amount and appeal auce, and it is the opinion of the police that they form part of the fraud. These forged notes ire a remarkably good imitation of the gi-nuinu notes. They are printed on the H,w»e description of water lined paper, and the only appirent difference, after a minute examination, is that the water marks of the forged are sliuhtly darker than in the genuine ones. In justice to the three employes of the Metropolitan Board of Works who made the discovery, it should be stated that they sought legal ad\ ice as to how they should act in the meantime, and an advertisement, stating that a parcl containing valuables bad been found, and that the owner couM ha\c it upon im v nit' n description of the contents, was inserted in the newspaper!. Finding that no one came forward to claim the property, they began to get fearful lest the notps should turn out to l»e forgeries, consequently on« of the notes was submitted to an expert and pronounced to be genuine 'me of the CoOO notes was entrusted to a woman to pay away, and when sho tendered tlie note to a tradesman, with the object of settling a £'20 debt, he told her it was quite impossible for him to < hinge it. and it was upon his advice that she went to the Bank of England to cash the note. She stated that she did not know to which department to go. He accompanied her. having ni ranged to lie pud his debt out of the proceeds, and lie was somewhat astonished to find himself suddenly the object of strict inquiry l>y tlic anthoritits of the bank who are investigating the matter. The exact nominal value of the notes ha« not yet tiniHpned, but it probably amounts to between £(5000 and £7000

Woman lias to wait until »he is asked before she can marry. She has no voice in the nutter until affer thr ceremony. flien she knows how to make up for lost time.

Hope Defkrred —Twenty-five years .igo a man in Birmingham, writes the nitlior of "Town Taik," mafic one of tho«e eccentric wi'ls which, born of egotism and selfishness, only narrowly escape hemi» pronounced null nnri \oid l>y the Court of Chanc-ry. The provisions of it were not to come into force for a fjuartiT of a centnrv, so that he left four 'Millions to he devided nnioni; tlirer per■<ons, one of them has 111 the nirantime lied in the workhouse. Their relatives I including th<" d«*reased pauper's heirs) ire very nnmeroni, and all in a humble •nsition in life Som" are f.ictoiy operaives, some cabmen, some beershoplieepcrs. After '23 v«Mr« of hope, despair vnd heart hurning thU idiot millionaire* wealth i? about to he divided. What ■•cores of v ulgar sycophants must be stririiifj for the crutnl s that will presently "il' from tlu-so tables, so unaccustomed "groan with plenty? What jealousies ull In) enjrenilereil whit humiliations udiired, not more degrading indeed than hoie which arc practised every d«y in miner speres, bit more obviouH, and fhorefore more loathsome! Fancy a (JhiiArh'wit ennnecti >n multiplied by 'wi-nty, and all at the low-water mark >f Mr Chnv Slime!

Rkcknt Evknt At Ay Hotel. — ''Who* Miort-? ' There wa« no insw»r, and the 'jiwer noise stopped " Vnyhody there?" N r o nn«\vpr. "It must ha\ c been a. spirit" he said to himself. ,'I must have been a medium. Iwilltiy." Aloud — "If there is a spuit in the room, it will signify the *arne by saying ay— no, that's not what I mean. If theie is n. spirit in the room, it will please rap three times." Three very distinct raps were given in the direction of the bureau. "Is it the spirit of iry sister?" Noanswer "Is it the spirit of my mother?" Three rap?. Arc you happy?" Nine raps. "Do you want anything?" A succession of \ cry loud rapi. "Will you tfivo me any communication if I get up?" No answer. "Shall I hear from you to- morrow?" Raps very loud in the diiecttnu of the door- "Shall I ever see you?" He waited long forananawerto his last question, but none came. The spirit hud gone; and after thinking about the extraordinary visit, he turned over and fell asleep. On getting up in the morning he found that the spirit of his mother had carried off his watch and purse, his troupers. and his great-coat down stair* in the hall.

E\Th\NivEL\ Tattooeij. — The other <lay a tramp, named Facer, was apprehended by the Leicester police on acharge of drunkenness, having been found by a policeman climbiug a lamp post to get a drink. He was, when aearched, found to be tatooed from his shoulders to his teet, the police description of bii marks being : — Letter D and ship ©o bn»ast, together w ith a house, pigw>2V anchor and chair, haystack, fishes and tiees, a man driving a sheep, a pig, the Union Jack, the Prince of Wales' feathers, an anchor, two inscriptions, " Love me and leave me not " (Shakespeare) and a gravestone to " The memory of all I love," a Highland girl dancing, a Highland soldier and another soldier wearing a' red coat, crosi flngs and bayonet, drum and uticks, a pile of shot, \V. F., a gun, another gun and crossed flags, crossed pipes, and a jug and glass ; on the rigbt arm an ensign, sailon, a ■hip, a cross and a large fish, a sailor with crossed flags, and "Charlotte" in capital letters ; on tho left arm a policeman taking a man into custody, and Faith, Hope, and Charity ; on the left leg a man ; on the right leg a woman and a flaff. Mr John Knox will sell at the Hamilton . Auction Mtrt on Saturday, produce, potatoes, ( appln, poultry, prize fowls, furniture, lc. Also drapery. All accounts against tho committee of tho \Vailcito Horticultural Mioiv are requested to bo sent in by Saturda) next. Mr John Casudy, Ohaupo, notifies that Lo intends to apply for a ilaughtar-house license. Mr I. S Auckland will sell at Cambridge an Saturday next, a Jargo number of useful horici nf .ill kinds, plough harness, &c, and half ton i him o apples Mr K. U. M. Campbc'l, authorised and lit«-n*ed surveyor, and hecated interpreter, To Awamutu, inserts a buiiaMt* aotkt in anotbtr column.