FATHER CHRISTMAS ILLUSION DESTROYED.
PROFESSOR APOLOGISES FOR EXCESSIVE ZEAL.
(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received January 7, 10.30 am.) PARIS, January 6. Father Christmas Court action was withdrawn after an amicable settlement. • The professor who told plaintiff’s son that there was no Father Christmas apologised for hi.s excessive zeal in destroying the child’s charming illusion and oftered to pay £4 damages, which was all he could afford. The child's father quadrupled the amount and handed all to the family of a poor man who was killed in a motor smash during Christmas. Incensed because a teacher had told his son that there was no Father Christmas a French father began a Court action on December 28 against the professor. claiming damages.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19271, 7 January 1931, Page 1
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