John Arnold<p>_The Evening Post_, 21 April 1925:<br> ON A SUNDAY<br>SELLING SECTIONS PROHIBITED<br> —–<br> As the result of a judgment delivered by Mr. C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., to-day, land salesmen may not show prospective buyers over sections for sale on a Sunday.<br> The case in point was one in which James Francis Egan, of the Dominion Land Investment Company, Wellington, land salesman, was charged with working at his calling on a Sunday.<br> The prosecution alleged that a breach of the Act had been committed when the defendant showed two prospective buyers over sections for sale at <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Johnsonville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Johnsonville</span></a> on a recent Sunday.<br> “It is clear that the defendant was working at his calling,” said the Magistrate, “which I take it, is his regular work or occupation. As he did this on a Sunday, and in view of a public place, I think he has brought himself within the prohibition of the Police Offences Amendment Act.”<br> As the prosecution was regarded as a test case, the defendant was ordered to pay costs.<br><a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250421.2.85" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news</span><span class="invisible">papers/EP19250421.2.85</span></a><br>See also <a href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/weekends/page-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">teara.govt.nz/en/weekends/page</span><span class="invisible">-4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PapersPast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PapersPast</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Sundays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sundays</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SundayTrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SundayTrading</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LawCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawCourts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Wellington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wellington</span></a></p>