"CASH IN ADVANCE"
THE MAYOR OFFERS A WORD OK ADVICE. ■
Information has reached me," stated the Mayor, Mr. R. A. Wright, to a. 'Post reporter this morning, "that, recently a man lias been calling at various houses in the city offering for a reason^ able enough sum to affix street numberplates to the front door or gate, but unfortunately citizens have agreed to the suggestion that they should pay in advance, and some of them are still waiting for their number-plates. I wash to issue a warning that any person acting m this way is not acting with the authority of the City Council, even though, he may be in possession of information, as to correct numbers, and so on. People would be wiser not to hand over their money for work of this kind until it is actually completed; paying in advance 13 not businesslike, aud is anything but satisfactory. The same remarks apply to the person or persons visiting houses and kindly giving advice, again for a consideration of a few shillings, as to the best means of meeting the change-over in electrical powet That person has no authority whatever from the City Council, and householders would be very well advised when they are called on by such a person to ask him to produce his authority. I am afraid some citizens are & little gullible on points such as these.".
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 7
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