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AN ABSCONDER. I 1 \ NERSAG EX-CHAIRMAN. WITH LARGE “CONVERSION.” {Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received Feb 10 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 9. Brandetli (the absconding exvhaiiman of** rsag Mattress Coy) was remanded.) Mr Roome, representuig. the Nerjaag , Company, said Brandetli drew a cheque for fifty-four thousand sterling, he bought a house for which he paid a deposit or nve hundred in notes. He completed the purchase within a' jfew days, ami lived there under an assumed naam . He shaved off his moustache, bought a motor-oar for £764, and furniture to the value of £2BO, all with Treasury notes. His intention, was to disappear and come to litf-i as J. Gordon Bell. . \
Mr Frampton, for the defence, said Brandeth was ill and worried. He possibly did silly things, but he never ‘tried to gkt away. The matter was one purely of accounts. His holding in tne compaaiy even at the present price of the shares, far exceeded th? sum he was charged with converting. Bail was refused.
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Grey River Argus, 11 February 1929, Page 5
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