OLD MAN’S HOARD OF MONEY

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 96, 17 January 1929, Page 8

OLD MAN’S HOARD OF MONEY

MISPLACED CLAIM TO POVERTY DISCOVERY BY HOSPITAL SISTER Dominion Special Service. Auckland, January 16. An old man, shabbily clad, apparently in the last stages of poverty, shuffled into the infirmary at the Auckland Hospital on Monday, and asked if his eyes could be treated. He explained that he was an old soldier without relatives, and was living on a pension of about £4 a month, out of which he had managed to save a little. His eyes were badly in need of treatment, but ne could offer no prospect of payment. The newcomer’s eyes were X-rayed, and the matter of the usual fee of two' guineas was not stressed. An examination showed that further medical attention was necessary, and while the old man was being put to bed a sister noticed a lump in the. lining of his waistcoat. As it is customary to examine the contents of such patients’ pockets, the sister drew out a bundle which consisted of bank notes to the value of £l3l. In the coat pockets were found two bank books, one showing a credit of over £7OO and the other £2OO.