PRATISING.
WOMAN’S JOKE ON MOTORISTS. LONDON, June. 1. A woman, wearing a police cap and tunic, yesterday stepped into the roadwiay at one of the main entrances to the city, istnaet? the Paris, correspondent the the “Times. and, with upraised 'truncheon, signalled the- traffic to stop. The policewoman has not yet appeared in Paris, but the- woman’s authoritative gesture was respected, and longstreams of cans 'accumulated. The woman kept her truncheon uplifted <icsI,ito the cats’ impatient .hooting, until a policeman investigated the hold-up and arrested the woman, who is wellknown to the police for other aotivitiew.. She explained that she had read in tins newspapers that women would shortly he recruited for jioLiec service, and she desired to practise before q u; lb lyi l lg. •
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 June 1927, Page 8
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