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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 91, 17 April 1917, Page 2

Since the use of bank "notes became general some people seem to have developed a fondness for rendering as unsightly as -possible notes that come into their possession, states the Timaru PostNot only do they screw notes up into all sorts of shapes, but they even scribble upon them. A note that was shown recently to a representative of the Post bore a name, not that of a bank's sign ing officer, scrawled in largo characters' across the face, and on the back a foclish little legend. It may not be gen-e-rally known that a person who is foolish enough to writs his name on a bank note talr.es a serious risk. Clause 10 of the Banking Act provides that every person commits .an offence, and is liable to a fine not exceeding £5, who "(a) a-fter the issiio thereof, defaces any bank lioto by writing, printing, stamping, or marking thereon his name or the name oE any other person or any matter relating to the trade, business, occupation, or affairs of any person; or (b) being party or privy to such defacement cf a bank note, pays away, parts with, puts in circulation, demands pavnaent of, or deposits or offors to deposit in any bauk any i bank note so defaced."-