A COSTLY SLEEP
CHEAPER TO STAY AWAKE LONDON, sth April. A London lady who suffered from sleeplessness hired a taxi-cab at midnight and told the driver to go on until she stopped him. ; Unfortunately, she fell asleep, and awoke when the taxi-cab was at Oxford. The meter registered 695. The lady was indignant, and refused to pay, but the sequel came at the Guildhall Police Court when the magistrate ordered her to pay the full fate of 6Ss and 17s 6d costs. ! i ■
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 20 April 1934, Page 2
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83A COSTLY SLEEP Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 20 April 1934, Page 2
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