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LONDON. June 19 There are few sharper characters than the London taxi driver, but it was a case of who got taken for the ride when the Mayor of Timaru, Mr R. E. White, accompanied by his wife, hailed a taxi in London recently. “Number 10 Downing street, please.” Mr White requested of the driver /’ “And me mum’s the Duchess ot Timbucioo,*' came the answer. Unperturbed Mr White insisted that the driver stop outside the
door of ••Number 10.” When the Whites stepped down and the historic door of the British Prime Minister's residence swung open to them it was the taxidriver who realised that the accent he detected belonged not to “just another brazen tourist,” but a New Zealand VXP. Mr and Mrs White called at “No. 10” at the special invitation of the Prime Minister, Mr Macmillan. When in New Zealand Mr Macmillan and his wife were the guests of Mr and Mrs White for a da>\ A
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28630, 5 July 1958, Page 10
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