Motoring Mystery Solved
WHY CAR DRIVERS WERE SUMMONED. i I-. > . i _____ PARIS, Jan. 29. There is a town to the South of Paris which enjoys a bad reputation amongst motorists. The slightest offence against the rules that govern motoring results in a summons. A, .writer in a weekly journal has now produced an explanation. It Is not that the local authorities have a deeper respect than others for the law, it appears, but that a police Court official has found that he can make a good deal of money at the expense of the offending motorists. This is shown, it is suggested, by the fact, that in the envelope sent to each offender there is not only an official invitation to him to present himself in Court on such and such a date, but also a private communication. This is from a man who, for the sum of 2s 6d, offers to represent the motorist in Court and thus save him the trouble, '‘frequently costly,” as he remarks, of making a special journey to the place. The astonishing thing is that the official and the unofficial missive are both signed by the same person.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5618, 6 April 1931, Page 10
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194Motoring Mystery Solved Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5618, 6 April 1931, Page 10
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