Many and varied are the adventures of motorists. They illustrate very forcibly the old adage, "Truth is stranger than fiction." At any rate, the illustration on this page, and the story it represents, fully bear out that saying. A motorist named Smith was careering along in Derbyshire, one of the Midland counties, in which the principal roads cross canals. In the case in question, a transporter bridge—a bridge that opens to allow of the sea-going barges passing along the canal-had not been ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), Sat 10 Apr 1920, Page 1
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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