SENSATIONAL STORY
THEFT OF £400
MONEY FROM ANNUITY SALE
(By Telegraph—Press' Association.; CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
A sensational story was told on behalf of Richard Edward Green, donor of a clock tower to Sumner and New Brighton, when a claim for maintenance against him was resumed in the Magistrate's Court this morning. .It was stated that Green's>garage in front of his house in .Springfield Road was broken, into .and £400, in cash stolen and an. attempt made to set fire to the car. .
The case was. immediately, adjourned for police inquiries -to be made.
The £400 involved "was the "sum which Green had "received from the sale;of an.annuity. [When a maintenance claim on behalf of a son in Sydney was before' the Court early this month it was adjourned 'to allow Green to invest the amount in an annuity for his wife.
When the case came before Mr. F. F. Reid, S.M., this morning and the allegations were placed .before him, an adjournment was made until November 18, to await the result of police inquiries. . ..... ... .... . . ;
An order was made. early this year against Green of £1 a week maintenance for hisdaughter. At that, time Green had two annuities in respect of his own life. He sold "one of these for £400 to provide an annuity for his wife.. ...-,. '..-.•■■
SENSATIONAL STORY
Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 91, 14 October 1935, Page 10
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