PIGSKIN OBJECTED TO
MAHARAJAH OF ALWAR TRAIN SEATS REUPHOLSTERED .'"...- VENICE, Feb. 4. The newspapers report that ths Venice-Trieste express was held up for half an hour while the seats were reupholstered in tapestry in the Maharajah of Alwar's compartment, because he objected to pigskin, as the pig was an unclean animal.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23108, 6 February 1937, Page 13
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