When President.'Lebrun of France visited London recently the, c appeared at the. French Embassy two. Paris firemen in shindig, helmets and brasshound uniforms. They brought with them a dozen very large fire 'extinguishers ancl about 20' red fire buckets. The equipment filled the embassy’s main corridor and aroused angry inquiries. The firemen patiently explained that- ’it was the law that wherever the French President slept outside oif the Elyiseo Palace two firemen with sufficient apparatus should watch o ver him‘.to see tha t he was not burned to; death.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12919, 22 July 1936, Page 2
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