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Otaki Mail, 11 January 1922, Page 4

The politest taxi-man in Paris has , been discovered, and the Times corres- I sporident tells the story of the discovenu A gentleman hired him to show Paris to his niece, a young girl ’ from the couniry. The chauffeur i drove the pair gently along, thought- * fully pointing out the. objects of inter- 1 est, and then he became involved in t or.e of those astonishing traffic blocks' that occur a .thousand times a day I in the streets of Paris. The driver of the lorry seemed to think that the ! taxi-cabman was to blame for the block, and began to shout abuse of a violent kind. What did the taxi-cab-man do? Mindful of the voting girl in his cab, he promptly set up a din with his hooter, and so effectively | drowned the voice of the other. Explaining afterwards, he said: “I have three children myself, and therefore I wish io preserve the ears of Mademoiselle.”