Americans and Sirens
One of the disconcerting habits of the American people was the sounding of sirens on tire engines, ambulances, and police cars, which, in the excitement of a police hunt would set up an almost unbearable volume of screaming sound, said Mr. ?!. J. Maealisler in ■ an address to the Southland Travel Club. The efficacy of American busi--1 j ness methods was demonstrated in the J able handling of 17.000 passengers at the customs office in New York, he ! raid. The big numbers of police, all , armed, impressed the New Zealand J visitors, to whom tire display of armed i force was unfamiliar.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20091, 10 November 1939, Page 8
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