SMART YOUNG MAN.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 November 1924, Page 3

SMART YOUNG MAN.

WELL-PLANNED DEPARTURE. AUCKLANDERS : LAMENTING. j MANY UNPAID BILLS.. . Ducei again Auckland lias Been visited by one of those individuals who occasionally float into the city, ingratiate themselves into the friendship of sympathetic residents, ; win the trust and confidence of the business and then drift away into the unknown, a .string, of unfilled obligations, unpaid debts and, a. flood, of regrets. A youUg ihaii arrived from the islands, tanned by the; Pacific' breezes, his chief asset an English public school education, but. having little .of the prepossessing and magnetic perscnhlity characteristic pf...others who. have played the same .game.in the city. ‘‘He struck me as a..brainless and purposeless tvpe of individual, at least.at .first,’’ , stated one business . nian \vho, had., lent him Altogether ..the visitor left -behind h'im debts aggregating some , hundreds, and he is now sailing across the Pacific to'the Argentine with,little prospect of suffering frohi an .effective demand for ;tlie debts he incurred; .visitor’s achievements showed deliberate planning, and .the utmost effrontery. Any possible bitch in his. movements was anticipated and "overcome with shreiyduess. ..Soon after his arrival he was, taken ii\to the friendship of a, well-known yo.ung man about town who introduced his protege into a useful cpmuiefcial. ~anfl . social . circle. Like many other descendants of good English families who come! cut to'the colonies, the new arrival.did not mind humbling himself, to better his, financial position. He soon ~ accepted a number of travelling commissions for agents and insurance companies, and set out on - the road of deception. He early patronised his friepd’s tailor, and yith excellent taste replenished his wardrobe. Part,of the recommendation given by the Unsuspecting Aucklander was that his-recently-made friend had a banking account of £SOO, so, of course, the usual credit, of the establishment was enjoyed. And so he went along making further acquaintances, ahd friends find gradually accumulating a tidy- .little nest-egg by retaining the proceeds of sales made for various firms who were induced mostly out of kindness to give hjm a chance. Then a better opportunity came alpng. .A Papakura farmer entrusted him with a motor-car to sell. A purchaser was duly found and a substantial deposit, made, but none of it readied tlye vendor’s, bands. It was this last action which .caused investigations to be made by the police, hut the wilv oiie had anticipated them by several days. ; Arrangements bad been .made with the Argentine. .Consul in -Wellington for a passage from the capital city, eyeu preference.djo. support tr>e appli,catidn for a passport was duly forthcoining. i .... . v ßight lip to the last this, elite roris-. ifig' young gentleman, niaiutajned his role. He left his landlord without satisfying him for .many weeks’ rent, stepping calmly from ,his lodgings into the inotor of a fas|iionahle, hotel. Arrived at the -station.lie - dismissed the.car with the advice that the fare should be charged to liis account at the hotel, of; which hg was - a frequent guest. .Those who were unfortunate enough to come across his path leartiefl all too late pf his movements and are chagrined, at the fact that the Argentine is a distant country.,.in .which to debts.