A TRAVELLING BANK.
A motor hank has just started on a tour through Sussex vdllnges on its trial run. The travelling bank is already known in the United States of America, but this will be the first attempt in -England to serve outlying districts rvrhere there Is no 'bank. The motor bank will be run by Messrs. Farrow, of -the People's 'Bank, who have branches in many of the chief towns. -Every detail of a bank in miniature iwHI be found in the vehicle. It is a covered car with a removable back, which discloses a 'brassrailed counter. It will draw up in the centre of each, Ihamlet, and a 'bank cashier will aearve ibis seat by the chauffeur and receive or pay out deposit accounts. As the travelling bant will carry considerable sums of money in notes and gold, (both the cashier In charge and the driver -will be armed in case any attempt is made to "bold up" the car. Should the expentmenjal.inrotor bank tie a success, others •will be sent out from the town centres.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 67, 19 March 1910, Page 17
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178A TRAVELLING BANK. Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 67, 19 March 1910, Page 17
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