UP FROM THE COUNTRY.
MILLER IN LONDON. A van laden with bags of flour pulled up in Euston Square at the signal of a policeman. It was driven by Richard , Dobney, miller, of Gosberton, llisegate, near Spalding. “You have passed the lights, sir,” said the policeman. “The lights!” exclaimed the miller, “but it be daylight.” “The traffic lights,” explained the policeman. “When the red light appears you have to stop.” “I have only come up for the day, and 1 have never seen these things before,” said Dobney in a conversation which was reported by the constable to the Clerkenwell Magistrate. “I don’t know how they work.” Having taken particulars, added the constable, he directed the defendant as to his route. He said he was going to Tower Bridge, and added: “Are there any more of them to pass?” On his summons for disregarding the indication given by the traffic signal Dobney, who had written to the Court, was fined 15s.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 303, 20 November 1935, Page 5
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161UP FROM THE COUNTRY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 303, 20 November 1935, Page 5
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