1865 Forgery Found In Demolition
(New Zealand Press Association) * NEW PLYMOUTH, July 17. Demolition of the 74-year-old Bank of New Zealand building on the corner of Devon and Brougham streets, New Plymouth, has brought to light the story of a forgery back in 1865. Among books found in the stationery room ceiling was one containing correspondence between the bank—then known as the Colonial Bank of New Zealand—and the Standard Bank of British South Africa about the forgery of a draft for £5O. It said that a lieutenant had sold his commission in the Army because of ill health and one of his men, a private with the same name, had forged his name on a draft payable to the lieutenant Cheques and vouchers dating back to 1863 have also been found. By coincidence, one cheque for £2, dated March 5, 1865, and signed by G. W. Browne (Mayor of New Plymouth from 1911 to 1914), was found by the demolition contractor (Mr H. F. Snowden), who is a brother-in-law of Mr Browne’s son, Mr R. W, Browne, a New Plymouth City Councillor.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28951, 20 July 1959, Page 8
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