PAY CHEQUE STOLEN
CASHED AT A BANK THEFT IN POST OFFICE' >. ■ SUM OF £123 INVOLVED > [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] DUNEDfN 7 , Thursday A pay cheque for £123 was stolen some days ago from a box in the chief post office and cashed at a local hank early the same morning. The cheqne, which was posted from the head.office of firm in Wellington, was for the payment of wages and commission. It is understood that the cheque, an open one, was placed in the post office box on Sunday night and was removed some time before the following morning, being cashed at the bank soon after the hour of opening. The firm did' not at first realise that the theft had taken place, the management believing that the cheque had missed the mail. Later, however, inquiries revealed that it had been cashed soon after it was stolen. /. ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23482, 20 October 1939, Page 8
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146PAY CHEQUE STOLEN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23482, 20 October 1939, Page 8
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