An instance of the length to which Government Departmental formalities may go is reported in Ashburton (states the "Guardian”). A business man recently received a draft for twopence from the Treasury Department as the final payment of 'dividends in a bankrupt, estate. So small was Ihe amount that tlie matter of collecting it escaped his memory until he received a further notice from the Treasury notifying that the date up to which the amount could be paid at the Post Office had expired, and the draft was now voi I. An extension of time, however, would be made on application to the Department. Some days later his secretary asked him whether he wished to reply to the letter, and lie replied “Yes,” thinking it was part of the ordinary correspondence, Three days Inter came the reply that an extension' of time had been granted. The payee must collect that tvyopence in order to recoup the cost of the letter asking for extension of time.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 291, 8 September 1928, Page 23
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164Untitled Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 291, 8 September 1928, Page 23
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