BARROWS AND BANKS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 986, 31 May 1930, Page 32

BARROWS AND BANKS

JUDGE AND THE HAWKER MR. DICK DAWKINS ANNOYED Mr. Dick Dawkins, of Deptford, is annoyed with the judge at Bow County Court, who said that "a street hawker with a banking account would be a marvel.” Mr. Dawkins has an account, and his cheque for four figures would be accepted without hesitation by any of the fruit and vegetable dealers from whom he gets his wares. “I can show the judge 100 barrowpushers between here and the West End who always pay by cheque,” said Mr. Dawkins, and he pointed out a man in a much-frayed suit and a greasy-looking muffler and cap who was hawking fruit nearby. “That man possesses a hanking account of a size that would make many a prosperous shopkeeper’s mouth water,” he declared. “I can take you to a man who can write a cheque for five figures, owns a row of houses, has a bungalow by tire sea, and drives his own limousine when he is not at work. He started life as a hawker, and still pushes a barrow. At night he puts on evening dress and goes to West End shows.” A wholesaler at the Borough market, where the majority of South London hawkers buy their supplies, said that 50 per cent, of his customers paid by cheque.