Stage coaches, the first “ public vehicles,” became universal about 1666. Like every new idea, they met with opposition, and in 1673 a plea was made against them because travelling by stage coach instead of horseback, travellers wore out fewer clothes, and put the tailors out of work.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19320630.2.76
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 493, 30 June 1932, Page 7
Word Count
47Untitled Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 493, 30 June 1932, Page 7
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.