VIRTUE REWARDED

Evening Star, Issue 22441, 11 September 1936, Page 8

VIRTUE REWARDED

PURSE RESTORED AND GIFT REFUSED ART UNION BRINGS* HIM £l4l [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, September 11. An interesting story arises from the art union drawn this week. One Saturday morning an Auckland citizen, John Martindale, while discussing the political situation with a friend in Symonds street, observed in an adjacent telephone box a lady’s bag He found it contained a substantial sum of money, a bank book, and other valuables. He proceeded to the address given in the bank book, but found that the lady had gone to live in another locality,' A second visit found her out, so ho left his name and address, and in due course the lady called and) received the bag and contents, Martindale declining to accept a gift as he considered he had followed the only decent and honest course. A few days later Martindale received a nicely-worded note of thanks, enclosing an art union ticket. He regarded the episode as closed, until the publication of the art union results informed him that he had won £lO. “ I’ll certainly, have to forward 'the lady a present/’ said Mr Martindale, exclaiming, “What if I’d won tw<» thousand 1 .”