Warning to Public.

Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17385, 24 March 1928, Page 6

Warning to Public.

A few years ago the Foreign Office issued a warning to the public against paying fees to lawyers or others in the hope of establishing claims to certain alleged estates in the United States. It has now issued a similar warning in the case of tlie alleged Crawford millions estates. Any claim would inevitably, be unsuccessful. The estate was supposed to be worth about £5,000,000. Various persons who claimed to be the descendants of an Andrew Crawford who died many years ago, have communicated with British consular officers in the hope of' estabishing a claim but official inquiries have failed to elicit any satisfactory information that such an estate exists. A Threat. An amusing dialogue was heard in Dee Street, Invercargill, last Saturday when a \ nurse accosted a man for a small contribution to the hospital funds. 7 The man, who must have been of Scotch origin, was heard to refuse on the grounds that he had been in the hospital and had just paid a fairsized bill. “1 owe them nothing.’’ he said. The nurse quickly replied: “But if we had let you die?” The strong man shuddered atid, evidenty with a premonition of a second visit to the hospital when revenge might be exacted upon him, delved into his pocket, produced a half-crown, thrust it into the box, and muttering, “Here, lassie, take this,” fled from the fair collector.