Invention Aims to End Rail Gauge Breaks in Australia
The piece describes an inventor Mr John C T Boek and his gauge breaking system enabling trains to cross border stations with rails of differing gauges. The technology uses adjustable bogies and rails that compensate as trains pass, proposing vast savings and a cure for Australia’s gauge disadvantages.
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Redway
Australia
Ea Ivod
Winghaetman
George Julius
South Fen
Joseph Hamlet
Sydney
We Hughes
Bei
Canberra
John C. T. Boek
Wert Koyn
Orth Stn Railway
Woaadire Road
Winghan
Modern business romance and a New Zealand remedy
A discussion notes that modern business lacks individual heroics of past industrial giants yet highlights a New Zealand chemist who developed a rheumatic remedy later marketed abroad under R.U.E. The product's spread to England and other regions illustrates how a small innovation can become a global commercial enterprise and how imitators influence public trust. It concludes with a push for consumers to ask local dealers for the remedy.
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Carnegie
Ford
Wakefield
Jay Hay
New Zealand
Nccessful
R.U.E
England
Ireland
Canada
South Africa
Australia
Katinas
Sma
Austin
R.U.R
Tor Poe
House Hints and Mechanical Tips from a 19th Century Page
Practical household notes advise rubbing stains with a blue bag before boiling to remove marks, grease prevention tips for boiling food in a saucepan, and sewing guidance to ease needle passage on thick woven fabrics with hard soap. A separate brief reports three train crew injured when an engine and two wagons derail into a creek 60 miles south of Alice Springs as bridge foundations were washed away.
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Alice Springs
Peregrinating Pests and Gate Penalties Warn Landowners
The Sydney Morning Herald discusses repeated government efforts to enforce gate closures. Laws in Local Government, Enclosed Lands Protection, Pastures Protection, and Public Gates Act impose penalties from £10 to four years’ imprisonment for leaving gates open and allowing livestock to trespass on enclosed land. The piece argues the statute favors keeping gates shut to prevent cattle from wandering onto open lands.
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Teovlle
Ucle
Sydney Morning Herald
She Neer
The Australian Journal March Issue Promises Varied Stories
The March Australian Journal offers thirteen complete tales across romance humour mystery and adventure. Highlights include A Blind Chance by Augustus Iwi a murder case solved by criminologist Dr Raphael Healing the Blind by Mavis Newton Uncharted a sea yarn by Hy McNeish and features on Australian writers Gertrude Hart William Hatfield Elisabeth Powell Frederick Larmore Helen Somers plus fashions radio notes cookery knitting puzzles and children’s section. Sixpence at all newsagents.
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Imane
Augustus Iwi
Dr. Raphael
Anther
Mavis Newton
New Zealand
Hy McNeish
Tom
Gertrude Hart
William Hatfield
Eliabeth Powell
Frederick Larmore
Helen Somers
London in 2036 A vision of future city life
A speculative 2036 London envisions vehicles dominating ground level with enclosed pedestrian streets above. Skybridges, overhead walkways, and multi level traffic networks replace sidewalks, while shops occupy stacked structures. Air conditioned markets, artificial light, and climate controlled shopping spaces redefine urban life.
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London
Sunday Express
Trafic Ughta
Waraging Fovach
Moss End
Calntory
Fies
Intemvale
Northern Show Dates Across Towns
A list of northern show dates shows Walcha and Alarraba on March 11 and 12, Kempsey March 11–14, Cessnock March 13–14, Werialda and Quirindi March 17–18, Armidale March 17–19, Manilis March 18–19, Tamworth March 24–26, Murwillbrook March 25–22, Taree March 25–27, Sydney Royal April 6–18, Nerrabi April 1–9, Moree May 6–7.
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Nerrabi
Moree
Recluse Joby Phelps Dies after Isolated Death in Camberwell
Inquest reveals grim scene in Wyatt road home where aged recluse Joby Phelps died after weeks of isolation and hunger. Relatives failed to aid him as a brother summoned help. coroner notes dementia and general debility. St Giley’s Hospital path to death cited.
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Joby Phelps
Wyatt Road
Camberwell
Phelps
St. Giley's Hospital
P.C. Faery
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Qordon Duncan
Late Glen Innes
Hass
Roberts
Patranane
A. H. Helyar
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C. E. Cox
Blue Cafe
Bradley Street
Guyra
Allkinds
Thomas
E. H. Rudd & CO
Guyra Coach and Waggon Factory
House
Mrwaye
Ching
Walla
THE
Australian Journal
Atlantic
Atlantic Farm
Atlantic Steam Cylinder
Atlantic Industrial
Atls
R. Hall & Son
Atlantic Products
Atlantic Union
Lbourne
Wellington
Xbulu
GuYra Saw MilLs
Richard Pearson
District
Oregon
Hardy
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