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Mail car (2nd of 2)

Mail car

A mail car is bogged down in mud on the Gisborne–Tolaga Bay road in the 1920s. Even with the advent of motor transport, poor roads still caused delays in the mail.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Mrs Fox Collection (PAColl-0848)
Reference: PAColl-5932-14

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Nancy Swarbrick. 'Rural services', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/rural-services/5/1/2