WHO WAS RIGHT?

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 122, 25 May 1935, Page 7

WHO WAS RIGHT?

A KNOTTY PROBLEM.

DRIVER OR. MAN?

BUDAPEST, April 10.

An incident at the customs boundary of the city, where small tolls are levied on goods carried in, is causing much amusement ajid controversy.^ On being notified that 'a case of typhoid had occurred in the suburbs thedisinfection institute sent its van to collect the dresses and linen of the patient for disinfection. On the return iourney the customs official at the city boundary professed himself unconvinced by the chauffeur's explanation. The van bore no name, and he declared it his right to inspect its contents. °Unable to prevent the man from opening the van, the chauffeur waited till he was safely inside it, and then closed and bolted the door, carrying the official back to the institution, where he was subjected to a thorough disinfection. The problem now arises, who had right on his side? In the interest of public safety the chauffeur is thought to have acted correctly, as the customs official would have handled other goods after touching the infected clothing The other side argues that if an official allows a vehicle to pass unchallenged he opens the door for smugglers of all kinds, and fails to do his duty.