TRAVELLING PEDLARS AND INSURANCE AGENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1902, Page 2

TRAVELLING PEDLARS AND INSURANCE AGENTS.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—T, along with others, wish to know if there is any way of getting rid of the above, who invade our workshops, factories, and private houses, to the annoyance of both employer and employe*, and almost refuse to leave unless some business is transacted. The time-payment watch and jewel sellers are especially objected to, as they literally force their goods upon unwilling customers, who neither require nor are they able to ! pay for the goods afterwards, but who soon get a "final notice." If the magistrates dismissed a few cases when brought before them, it would teach these gentry to take "No" for an answer a little oftener. Besides, it is not fair to the bona fide shopkeeper, who pays rent, rates, and gas bills. The public know where to go when they want such things, and can generally pay for them at the time of buying. As for book agenrts, life insurance agents would talk them as bald as a pie melon, a.nd they certainly shorten the lives of their victims by continual harassing and worrying after the premiums when they have them hooked.—l am, etc., ONEHUNGA.