£60,000,000 CLAIMED
JAP. TAILOR MENACES TREASURER STATE RETAINS DEPOSIT (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) TOKYO, Saturday. A tailor of Yokohama has instituted a suit against the Government, claiming £60,000,000 in respect of a deposit made 40 years ago, with the object of purchasing an extensive tract of land, which the Government failed to return. The Court at Tokyo Is amazed at the claim, and asserts that there is insufficient cash in the national Treasury to meet it. However, inquiries are being made.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 667, 20 May 1929, Page 9
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82£60,000,000 CLAIMED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 667, 20 May 1929, Page 9
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