CHAIN OF ERRORS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23072, 24 June 1938, Page 10

CHAIN OF ERRORS

FIFTY POUND NOTElg| GIVEN AS TEN SHILLING*!! ANXIETY OF THE OWNER | WEDDING AND A HONEYMOON H [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Thursday A dash to Auckland in pursuit of her son, who was on his honeymoon and to whom she had given a £SO not© in . mistake for 10s, was mads this week' by a Hamilton lady. When she arrived in Auckland the lady found, however, that her son, not' realising the denomination of tho note, had given it to the minister in Hamilton after the wedding. Mistaken for 10s, the £SO note passed through the hands of several people in Hamilton, until it reached a tradesman,, who, on making up his cash one evening, saw that he had a £SO note and handed it to the Hamilton police. They were able to trace the note to its owner. The lady cashed a cheque at a Hamilton bank and received the £SO note. She handed it on as 10s when giving change of a £5 note to her son. The son gave the note to the minister who married him, and later tho minister handed it to his gardener, receiving . 5s change and thinking that he was paying the gardener os for his services. The gardener purchased provisions from the tradesman, giving the .£SO note over the counter as 10s. The bank informed the police of the identity of the lady who had cashed the cheque. By this-timo the lady had discovered her mistake and had hurried to Auckland in pursuit of the couple on their honeymoon.