BUSINESS IN CHURCH
A COURT INCIDENT. An amusing incident illustrating tile * keenness permeating the land agengy j business occurred in the Magistrate s . Court at Auckland. It arose through . the sale of a property having been plae- ; ed in the hands of more than one agent, , without priority, and the commission j was payable to the agent who conclud- ; ed the deal first. . ; The agent’s witness stated that lie | went to the owner’s residence to report the sale, of his property and was told ( that the man was at church. He therefore went to St. Benedict’s. Mr J. .T. Sullivan: Did you find him there?
“Yes,” replied the witness. What was he doing?—On his knees praying . Did you start praying yourselt (—iso. But you talked business right away, kneeling down beside him ?—I told him I had sold his house for £875, and he replied that he had ft letter in Ins pocket stating another firm had sold the house for £9OO. Mr Sullivan: So you abandoned religion in ther cliurch for business, and knelt down to do it?” “No; I leaned and half-knelt over him to report the sale.” It was stated afterwards by counsel that the commission ha<T been paid in full to the other firm.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1920, Page 1
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