Traveller's Cheques

Samoan Washerwoman Steals Traveller's Cheques

From Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, August 24.

A SAMOAN washerwoman, Piuti, and her husband Kalolo were sentenced to imprisonment for stealing travel lers’ cheques, issued by the Bank of New Zealand to Mr. Pollard, a New Zealand tourist.

Evidence was that the woman, when washing Pollard’s clothes, found the cheques (two for £2 and one for £5) in the pocket of a pair of trousers, and kept them for several weeks. She then handed the cheques to her husband, wherewith to buy a bicycle. Mr. Pollard had re ported the cheques as lost and Kalolo was consequently arrested by the police and charged with theft.