PURSUIT OP A £50 NOTE

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22437, 25 June 1938, Page 17

PURSUIT OP A £SO NOTE

GIVEN TO MINISTER AFTER WEDDING AS 10/(PBESB ASBOCIJLTIO* TZLBORAX.) HAMILTON, June 24. A dash to Auckland in pursuit of her son, who was on his honeymoon, and to whom she had given a £SO note in mistake for a 10s note, was made this v/eek by a Hamilton woman. When she arrived in Auckland, she found that her son, not the denomination of the note, had given it to the minister in Hamilton after the wedding. Mistaken for a 10s note, the £SO note passed through the hands qf several people in Hamilton until it reached a tradesman, who, on making up his cash, saw he had a £SO note and handed it to the police at Hamilton. The police were able to trace the note to the owner, who had cashed a cheque at a Hamilton bank and received a £SO note. She handed it on as 10s when giving change of a £5 note to her son. Her son gave the note to the minister who married him, and later the minister handed it to his gardener, receiving 5s change and thinking he was paying the gardener 5s for his services. The gardener purchased provisions from a tradesman, giving the £SO note over the counter as a 10s note. The bank informed the police of the identity of the woman who cashed the cheque. By this time the woman had discovered her mistake and had hurried to Auckland in pursuit of the couple on their honeymoon.