COURTESY PAYS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 110, 12 May 1930, Page 9

COURTESY PAYS

SUBORDINATE'S LACK OF IT

LOSS TO INSTITUTION

(Received 12th' May, 11 a.m.) ; SYDNEY, This Day.. .' An elderly, quietly dressed gentleman, who, with his wife, has beea visiting Sydney and contributing largely to various philanthropic institutions,called at the office of one such .a few days ago and asked to see the officer in charge. ' The secretary, misled by the visitor's unpretentious exterior,-curtljj intimated that he must know the visitor's business before an interview was possible. The caller said that the matter was rather private, but the institution stood to benefit considerably. Thai secretary 'a indignation was aroused,and he exclaimed: "If you can't state the business, it can't be done." ■ The visitor replied quietly: "Pleasa tell him that through the discourtesy; of his secretary the institution loses this." "This" was a cheque for £10,000 which was torn up before the thunderstruck official's eyes.

The gentleman was Mr. Charles! M'Ness, of Perth,i who made a fortune in that city, and now spends his time helping deserving objects. This, apparently, is not always easily accon> plished. He sent a telegram to Mr. Seullin offering £10,000, if needed, 'tot, a certain worthy cause. The message was unanswered, so another substantial cheque was cancelled.