OBSTINATE OFFICIAL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20064, 22 March 1935, Page 3

OBSTINATE OFFICIAL

AMUSING BUDAPEST INCIDENT An incident at the customs boundary of the city of Budapest, where small tolls are levied on goods carried in, is causing much amusement and controversy. On being notified that a case of typhoid had occurred in the suburbs the disinfection institute sent its van to collect the dresses and linen of the patient for disinfection. On the return journey the customs official at the city boundary professed himself unconvinced by the chauffeur’s explana-

tion. The van bore no name, and he declared It his right to inspect its contents. Unable to prevent the man from opening the van the chauffeur waited until he was safely inside it, and then closed and bolted the door, carrying the official back to the institution, ’ where he was subjected to a thorough 1 disinfection. , The problem now arises, who had - right on his side? In the interest of public safety the chauffeur is thought f to have acted correctly, as the customs s official Would have handled other i goods after touching the infected ' clothing. The other side argues that if - an official allows a vehicle to pass 3 unchallenged he opens the door for . smugglers of ail kinds and fails to do - his duty. A