EXPENSIVE SABOTAGE
FRENCH TOWN FINED MILLIONS OF FRANCS APPEAL TO CITIZENS (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 17. 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 16 The Times’ correspondent on the French frontier says the Germans have fined Nantes 5,000,000 francs for cutting a second time the German army cable. The fine for the first sabotage was 2,000,000 francs. The mayor has appealed to citizens to avoid such expensive demonstration, which have already cost 100 francs per capita.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 6
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