BONDSMAN'S WEALTH.
SURPRISE TO THE COURT. When a. merchant stepped forward in a Sydney Court the other day to provide bond for a man who was to bo bound over, ho was asked the usual question. " Have you property above your just debts, valued at £40?" was tho inquiry. " I have property worth probably £200,000 and I pay £IOO a week income tax," tho merchant replied.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21164, 22 April 1932, Page 13
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66BONDSMAN'S WEALTH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21164, 22 April 1932, Page 13
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