THE TIGER'S CAR
♦ Georges Clemenee.iu, the grand old man of France, 'Wbtf uses a" motor-car instead of the train for travelling about France, tried to buy, a new car the other day and could not. For several years the Tiger has travelled abem1- in a big, but old, car. fio de» cided it was about, tima to get a new model, and went to tho sales office to soo how much ho would b& allowed on tho old machine. "Monsieur Je-Presi-dent," the sales manager-said, "France owes you too much. Let me pty my, part of the debt." And ho refused to nccopt a sou from tho Tiger. Clemenccau, on returning to his apartment, sent a cheque for £80 to tho factory; to he distributed among workmen whoso circumstances , were the most noefly, .' _ ■
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 11, 14 July 1928, Page 6
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