A PECULIAR JOKE.
SCENE IN AUCTION MART.
'HANDBAG ANNEXED.
A somewhat disconcerting happening took place at Mr G. Leighton’s auction mart, Stratford, one day recently, During the progress of a sale a lady laid her handbag, containing about £lO, on a couch and when she again turned round was dismayed to find that if had disappeared. Mr Leighton, on being informed,• stopped the sale, and announced the loss, but •without result and the lady in question went home to procure more money. When walking along the street she met a woman who had been seen in tiie mart previously, and from the handbag carried by this person she noticed protruding the handles of her own bag. The return of the bag was demanded, and needless to say the demand was complied with, but it was accompanied by the explanation: “I look it for a joke and was going to take it back!”
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Waikato Times, Volume 99, Issue 16654, 20 November 1925, Page 8
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152A PECULIAR JOKE. Waikato Times, Volume 99, Issue 16654, 20 November 1925, Page 8
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