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June 22, 1939.

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Bank Pays £398 For Ashes Of Woman's Hoard

EXETER.

EXPERIMENTS BY Bank of England experts with ashes in two cake tins have brought a cheque for £398 to Miss Annie Edwards, of Morchard-Bishop, near here, whose life savings and those of her brother were lost in a fire six months ago when four cottages were destroyed. "I am flabbergasted," Miss Edwards said. "I had not the faintest idea how much money was in the tins, and but for the fire I don't suppose I should have known to-day."

For years she had used the two cake tins as her "bank," putting £1 notes in one and 10s, notes in the other. The ushes were the remains of the money "roasted" by the heat of the finnes.

A policeman rescued the tins which, with elaborate précau- tions to ensure that none of the ashes were lost, were dispatched to the Bank of England by a Morchard Bishop bank manager.

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"I knew that if it could be proved how much muncy was in le tins the owner couk etala," the bank mana- ger said.

"I carefully packed the ashes, tonk a cab to

Instructions.

fully action and handed them to the stationmaster with special "He handed them to the guard of train, which was net at Waterlon stion by a special messenger from The Bank of England.

the

"Experis experimented

with the

Sister Ship For H.M.S.

President

H. Die London Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, has an "assistant" in H.M.S. Chrysanthe- murn, which was berthed ahead of the President recently.

M.S. PRESIDENT, drillship of

at the Embankment

She has been speciully fitted out at ashes and then informed my head Portsmouth as an overflow drill ship offlee that they were satisfied the tins to deal with the greatly-increased had contained notes to the value of personnel of the London Division, £308. Miss Edwards hos since re-and will be used mainly as a signal .ceived payment for that amount."

"I NEVER COUNTED IT" Since the Are Miss Edwards has *ilved in a small cottage with her brothers Walter and Frederick, both agricultural workers,

school.

Originally the President was the escort vessel Saxifrage, a sister ship to the Chrysanthemum, both having been built during the Inst year of

the war.

In 1820 the President was con-

verted into a drill ship, but the Chrysanthemum served for muny

"The notes, as they were saved, were merely placed haphazard in the cake tins, which I kept in Jarge trunk." she explained. "When Wal-years as target-towing vessel on the ter wanted sonic money I let him Mediterranean station, have it. I never troubled to count the money; I just put it in and took It out."

Frederick had an independent "bank," and over £27 in silver which he had put aside from his small wages were recovered from the fire.

Now she knows how much money she has Misa Edwards has an idea,

"I think a small holding where my brothers and I could settle down would be good. Can you help us to find one?"

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