From Budapest tho performances are reported of “the youngest financial genius. T'ho other day a boy of fourteen was heid up by a detective and delivered! to the authorities in consequence of some charges ‘of fraud. More than two years ago the promisin''. youngster hadi speculated on the breakdown of.the krone and throve surprisingly. He mad© profitable bargains in foreign currencies with his schoolfellows, and during his free hours he frequenW the haunts in the mughhorhood of the Bourse. Last year ho “cVnod" 400,000.000 kronen by speculation, and invested that sum in a grocer’s shop, beoorang the partner of its chief proprietor. Ho succumbed, however, fo the teivp-at'nris nf the 'Opi ri. ios_ ’ s money, and began to contract heavy debte wjjk'ii ho was min tie t o settle, until finally he became involved in fraud.
%*/hsr>K WITH THE SAFETY 2 3 J 7 a 4 6 5 AND THE SELF CLEANING BRUSH Aslc your hardware dealer to explain to you the many advantages of the All-British Ewbank Carpet Sweeper—its ball-bearing brass-armoured pulley, seven safety cushions and the brush which cleans itself on the ingenious metal comb. Sold by all hardware deal- ' art and department stores. New Zealand Agentit ' Guthrie & Norton Limited. P.O, Box 473 • Auckland. E.S. 9 It-OTT See BRITISH
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Evening Star, Issue 18884, 7 March 1925, Page 16
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