BANK ROBBED

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19913, 16 June 1936, Page 6

BANK ROBBED

£7500 MISSING

DISCOVERY A'l' MANGAWEKI. ARREST OF THE TELLER. (By Telegraph—Jun Association.) \\’ANGANUI, Monday. The discovery that £7500 “as misac ing from the slronnroom of the Bank of New Zealand at Mangawcka was made on Friday, and a mmphinl, \\'.“ lodged with the police. .\n arrest “us made to—day. Detective-Sergeant l. K. Tlohvrison and Detective J. Murray, both ~ f \Vanganul, made inquir‘r-s regardinl the missing muneyl .\laurice Edward Alexander. aged 3!. single, employed as a teller in the bank. was arrested and to-day appeared before a justice or the peace clxarggtl that on June 10. being a servant m the employ of the bank. he stole the sum of £7300. the property of the bank.

Accused was remanded to appeal“ at \Vanganui to-morrow. It is understood that the “hole 01' the money has been recovered.

FURTHER REMAND. ALL MONEY RETURNED. (By Tetegraph—Press Association.) \\‘ASGANUI. Tuesday. Maurice Edward Alexander. bank teller, of .\langaweka. aged 32, who was charged yesterday at .\langaweka with the theft of £7500, the property of the Bank of New Zealand. appeared on remand this morning before .\ll' Salmon. 5.31., and was remanded to apggax:_a_t Taigapq o’ll»June»l97.

Mr ‘W. C. Bainbridge asked {or ball. stating that the whole of the money had been handed back by the accused. The police offered no objection, and the magistrate said under the circumstances he would fix it at self £2OO and a. similar surety, accused to report daily to the police at Mansaweka‘