THE FORD AGAIN.
A NOVEL FISHING NET. Many extraordinary and a linos incredulous stories are told respecting the exploits and eapabilit ies of the world-famed Ford, bu one which has gained currenej here would be received, with some scepticism, were its truth not vouched for by a resident conneetci with a local financial institution A Ford car, which had, seen mud service as a taxi, acquired quite ; reputation ns a .• uhtna ine, having been submerged on many occasions whi’e bogged on tlie ole beach road between Kawhia atv Op a ran. Sea-water, states the recor.teu , appeared to agree will old girl, and site always emergec stronger than ever. This treatment, however, tended somewhat t; mar her freshness anti virgir beauty, and she was acquired hi an enterprising fisherman ant | turned into a lorry with an in geniottsly contrived perforator box to replace the b >dy. Whet a load of fish is required foi Waikato, the floor o.i the box i: carefully baited and “Liz” is ri-r into the harbour ,and after tin box fills w-th a shoal of finny prey she steams out and “ove the hill” to the nearest market. - “Settler.”
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Northland Age, Volume 24, Issue 49, 2 April 1925, Page 2
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