CLAIM FOR COMMISSION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3174, 27 April 1909, Page 5

CLAIM FOR COMMISSION.

McDONELL v. GEAR MEAT COMPANY. In connection with the next sitting of the District Court at Masterton, the case Alexander Cumberland McDonell v. the Gear Meat Preserving Company of New Zealand, Limited, will come on for hearing, Mr C. A. ! Pownall appearing for plaintiff. The statement of claim sets out that on October Ist, 1907, at Masterton, the defendant company by their manager and local buyer employed and authorised the plaintiff to obtain for the company Duncan's, Okirae, fat sheep, and agreed to pay the plaintiff commission if he succeeded in getting them under offer to the company. The usual and reasonable commission on such case was 3d per head. The plaintiff thereupon placed himself in communication with Messrs Duncan and Campion, of Okirae, Fordell, runholdet-H, and after some negotiations, arranged a meeting between Messrs Duncan and Reside, the Company's Masterton buyer, at Wangaehu, which took place without anything definite being arranged, an 3 ultimately obtained an uffei' in writing from Mr Duncan to deliver so many a month up to 35,000 or thereabouts, and handed the said offer to Mr Reside. The plaintiff thereby placed the defendant Company in communication with Messrs Duncan and Campion, and assisted the defendant company in subsequent negotiations which ensued, which negotiations ultimately resulted in the defendant company buying from Mr Duncan 22,930 fat sheep at 153 per head, with an increase of 6d per fnonth. The plaintiff thereupon claims J3286 12s 6d commission for services and 1 work and labour rendered as agent for the defendant company.