BANK MANAGER'S WORRIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 173, 24 July 1928, Page 9

BANK MANAGER'S WORRIES.

CAUSED HIS BALDNESS. (By Telegraph—own <'«irn>spondeni.> HAMILTON, this clay. A bank manager's lot is not merely to sit back in an easy chair, smile on clients and grant overdrafts as favours. Mr. Clement Bartlev, manager of the Auckland Savings Bank, attributes his bald pate to the worries he has suffered over the bank's farm securities. Giving evidence in a case at the Supreme Court, in which misrepresentation is alleged, Mr. Bartlev said the bank held security over the property. In the past there had been very bad managers. Counsel for Plaintiff: I take it you have had no experience of farm values? Mr. Bartlev: Only 45 years of it. (Laughter.) Counsel: Are you bothered much with bad managers of bank properties? Witness (bending his head and displaying his bald pate, surrounded by a fringe of silvery hair): I have indeed—look at that! (Loud laughter.) Counsel: How many securities does the bank hold? Witness: Over 3,100. Counsel: No wonder you are bald, Mr, flilitf