AUCTIONEER FINED
QUESTION OF A LICENSE. (Per United Press Association.) Dan nevi rke, April 30. The Magistrate, Mr Stout, heard a case to-day in which a local auctioneer of 35 years’ standing, was charged with having sold by public auction without a license. Defendant, who is a member of an auctioneering firm, was at the time not the holder of a license, which was held by his son, who was absent on that day conducting a sale elsewhere. Defendant therefore arranged with another auctioneer to have his license transferred to him, to enable him to conduct the sale. The Town Clerk being absent, the defendant arranged to pay the* transfer fee on his return, which was done. Defendant contended that it was the practice to transfer an auctioneer’s license between firms. The Magistrate, in inflicting the minimum penalty of £lO, with costs 7/-, stated that according to the Act an auctioneer could not transfer a license to another auctioneer unless the latter was going to sell for the auctioneer holding the license.
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Southland Times, Issue 19859, 3 May 1926, Page 6
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172AUCTIONEER FINED Southland Times, Issue 19859, 3 May 1926, Page 6
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