WORLD NEWS.
MOTOR HEARSE THAT SET A PRECEDENT. The advent of Turkey’s first motor hearse threw toll collectors of the fanned Galata bridge into a, quandary. The hearse was held up for hours during its first attempt to cross the bridge, while collectors debated as to what toll it should pay. Five cents is charged lor small passenger cars and ten cents for large cars, hut the hearse seemed to lit into neither classification. It was put in the truck class finally and let pass for 15 cents.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 16 November 1929, Page 14
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