LOST MONEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19927, 21 April 1928, Page 14

LOST MONEY.

Sir, —The other day the Herald referred to a case in which a sum of money lost had been restored intact to its rightful owner. Such cases, though isolated, are refreshing reading. Another instance of similar strict honesty came under my notice last Christmas time. A "young woman on a visit to this city lost her purse, containing £6 and a railway return ticket to Wellington. The loser advertised in the Hera LB, and tvro days later the purse and contents wera restored to her, having been picked up in Queen Street by a gentleman who refused to accept, any reward. I would like to mention the hesitating, but ultimate honesty, of a Maori, who picked up a bundle of notes while travelling in the train through the King Country. A guard came through and informed tho passengers that a ladv had lost a sum of money. Later when the guard returned the Maori said he hnd found the money, but he thought it belonged to an alleged slygrotr-seller; so in case of a personal search he put the bundle on top of the railway carriage, above the entrance platform, evidently intending to keep it. The roll was held down by a piece of board, to nrevent it falling off. Only a Sherlock Holmes would have thought to look there! J.H.C.