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HOW TO GET A FLAT (Exact reproduction of conversation of three young women, overheard in Auckland restaurant.) A: Well, the latest, girls, is that Ron and I are going flatting. B: Flatting? You haven’t found a flat surely? : A: No. But we’re in no hurry. We’ve got time to look around. It’s just that we're tired of living with the family. There’s tons of room and all that, but you know how it is, you can’t have people in-at least, you can have people in, but it’s not the same with the family around all the time. C: Well, dearie, I like your chances. You know Mary and Brian? You know, the ones who were married last Saturday? Well, Brian wanted to get a flat for them to come into when they came back from their honeymoon. They advertised. No replies, of course. So Brian went along to an agent. I forget the name. Mary did tell me, but. I forget. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, Brian went along and they told him they hadn’t a flat on their books. No show at all. But just then a man walked in and picked up some keys for a flat. So Brian said how did that man get a flat? The girl looked peculiar and shrugged her shoulders and Brian smelt a rat and asked to speak to the manager and just for a shot in the dark he said to him would it be worth twenty quid to you to find me a flat,within a fortnight? And, my dears, what d’you think he said? He said no, he didn’t think he could find one for that, but he could try for twentyfive! And what d’you think? Brian had the keys next morning! A: But that’s bribery! B: Twenty-five quid! C: Yes, twenty-five quid. Mary told me herself. A: But it ought to be exposed. B: Yes, it ought to be exposed. It’s criminal. C: Yes, it ought to be. But I forget the name of the man. I can find out from Mary when she comes back. It certainly ought to be exposed. A: But twenty-five quid! Can you see Ron paying it? B: You mean, can we see you getting a flat? | C; Well, don’t tell me I didn’t tell you } how.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 288, 29 December 1944, Page 13
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385SIMPLE STORY New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 288, 29 December 1944, Page 13
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