FORTUNE LOST AND FOUND
-0A WOMAN'S ECCENTRICITY. REMARKABLE INCIDENT. (Peb United F'iskss Association.* AUCKLAND, February 22. A remarkable story of a fortune lost and found has just come to light in Auckland. Three years ago Mr Woods, of the firm of Woods and Co., grocers, of Mount Eden road, ■went to an auction sale in Esplanade road, and purchased a picture. It was in many res-poets quite an ordinary picture —a mirror painted and contained in an ordinary frame. Recently Mrs Woods happened to be supervising the usual spring cleaning, and the picture was brought down from its place on the wall and S treated to a vigorous dusting. In the j process Mrs Woods loosened a piece of cardboard at the bark of the picture, and was surprised to find a good-sized wad stuck in between the cardboard and the glass. Further examination revealed the ■wad to V;e a roll of bank notes worth nearly £1003. Mrs Woods at once took her discovery to her husband. An examination revealed alf*kinds of notes worth from £5 to £50. They were issued by New Zealand banks, and were all of comparatively recent date, the mest recent being 1911. Some people might have been dispiv.-d to regard it as a case of "finds is keeps," but Mr Woods thought that his acquisition of a picture for £1 hardly justified him in regarding the enclosure of £1000 in no^s
as part of the purchase. He at once communicated with his lawyer (Mr W. E. Moore), and on Mr Moore's advice the money was placed in the hands of the Public Trustee. The sequel is not less amazing than the story of the find. That anyone could put £1000 in notes away in a picture friine and forget all abo'ut it seems incredible, yet the Public Trustee was able to Lam convincing evidence that this occurrei. The owner of the small fortune transpired to be a woman, who is regarded as eccentric. Her claim to the bank notos was established to the satisfaction ot all concerned, and the sum has accordingly been paid into her account. I —
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16315, 23 February 1915, Page 10
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