An Unusual “Ferry”—A novel fourwheeled vehicle drawn by three horses is now used to convey motors across the notorious Waimakariri River at Bealey on the Christchurch-West Coast Road. Formerly motor-cars were simply pulled across the river by horses. When a ear is being “ferried” across it is strapped down to the unusual vehicle, the driver of which straddles the bonnet of the ear.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume VL, Issue 3132, 9 February 1934, Page 6
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