“APRIL FOOLS”
MOTORISTS TAKEN IN. BIGGEST HOAX FOR YEARS. London, April 5. The biggest “April fool” hoax of recent years is described by the Daily Chronicle. Thousands of motorists were victimised by a gilt-edged printed invitation card to the opening of “a vehicular under-sea tunnel” between Harwich and Felixstowe, stating that the tunnel would be open at the Easter week-end from six o’clock in the morning until midnight. The public were invited to pass, toll free, and a handsome souvenir would be presented to each motorist signed by the chairman of the committee. Crowds of motorists and others turned up at Harwich only to find that no such tunnel exists though a scheme was prepared two years ago. The queue persisted though policemen were specially stationed at the entrance town to warn victims of the hoax.—A. & N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 19837, 7 April 1926, Page 5
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