.grained to live the "high ' life, a jjiSjdney recently sit out to ob!■■—(taon'of hundreds of pounds __lire for a day at the rate of JjfiO.OOO a year. ' But his "high" iflnhort lived. "It's a groat th.nj; itlEba millionaire lor a day," th.2 -*— uked through the cpening in bor to the detective at the jlice Station last week. "It's jfctst4o being in hero." The story jjtbi a business scheme had been gd, and that £'looo was drawn .tbtsk to carry it out. The money •lied in fl cashbox, but it d.sapi After obtaining the money, tha [■an set out to have n &ocd time. fc went to a leading drap<. ryesHent and gave a big order for , He took sr.nie bank notes from »rolltto pay the account, rnd niopman to give the old clothes me poor bjoke." Meeting a ' lie young man explained that plenty of money, and suc/ge=ted fine. He quickly bought a «f clothes for the second man, ««therJargtr account was paid to Stnere the first purchases were NSdg'iginjLa motor-car, the two |» next few hours having the *ium. Hotels were visited and ''"taffies popped. A couple of tings were purchased, and flours, the young men minus (had to answer questions at jgation. Their perfect: day IT ended.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17608, 10 November 1922, Page 17
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