London to Paris by Taxi
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WITH the blessings of the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, a London taxi driver. Mr. L. Wightman, this week introduced a facility whereby parties of five can hire a taxicab for a week-end trip to Paris.
Three standard Austin taxis equipped with radio-telephones are employed for the service. When not in use on the Paris run, they are normally employed on London streets.
It is intended that the service shall operate every Friday, to-day's being the first run when all three cabs will leave Marble Arch. They will then be driven to Lympne Airport, where they will board a Bristol Freighter of Silver City Airways, Ltd„ which then flies to Le Touquet, arriving 29 minutes later. After passing through the Customs, the cabs start on the 14-0-mile run to Paris, where they arrive late in the evening.
There, hotel accommodation is booked for the passengers, who have the taxi and driver at their disposal „until the return: journey is made on Monday. Theatre seats are booked for
A30 them, and tours in and around Paris are arranged. The cost of the trip, which includes everything except meats, is 125.
It is understood that the only modification to the vehicles is to turn around the occasional seats. which now face forward.