Puffer Gets a Pig and a Melbourne Tram Tale
Tales from old days recount Puffer a shunting driver who boasted of his pig and later killed it in a yard chase. The piece shifts to a Melbourne tram scene with an intoxicated passerby lamenting reform and women’s roles, ending with reflections on local advertisers in The Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puffer
Fireman
Thunter
Melbourne
Shisher
Shisher Mary
Sydney
Scullion
Skillion
Harry
The Man from Dingo Ridge. Andy the Ambler in Sydney
Old Andy known as Andy the Ambler arrives in Sydney and struggles to fit into the busy George Street crowd. He seeks a policeman and asks who the posters are that he reads everywhere in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Dingo Ridge
Ambler
Sydney
George Street
Bill Pont
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will Carter
Bill
the Reformer
Southern Highlands
Mail
Burton
A. N
Bowral
Davis and Westbrook
Farmer & White
Moss Vale
Goodfellow
J. Bowral
Jones
W. H
Mittagong
Bakers and Confectioners
Dale, F
Bong Bong Street
Smith, Rb, &. and Co
Springett’s
Gold
Stephens, A. and Son
Crabtree
Hong Bong St
Wood and Son
Bong Bong
Psaltis
Cosmopolitan Cafe
Springett's
Windsor Cafe
Furphy
Frank
Reilly
Jock
Drapers and Mercers
Small
Theo
Smith, RK. 8, and Co
Summers
H. A
Bong Bong &J
Firewood
Davis
E. F
Bannetts Street
Icar Dealers
Burrows
Les
Gregory
A. J. Bowral
Jackson, C. N
W. E. Bowral
Wadd
A. C
Opticians
Burchell
W. E
Mons Vale
Drescher
Bourne
P. C
Argyle Street
Men's Mercers
Bensley
SMITH
Sommers
Monumental Mason
Taylor
Merrigung Street
Holmesby
Reg
Holland
Empire Theatre
Cummings
F. H
Corfe
H. C
Banyette Street
Moss Vala
Gilfillan
Crowley
Humphries
Nowra
Foley
W. F
Selmes
E. Mittagong
Wilkie's Tyre
Beavan
Station Street
Stokes
Som
Bong Bong St
Gregory, A. J
Whatman Bros
Willis, J
Kangaloon Rd
J. L. Selmes Cycle
Proms
Petro
H.C. Corfe
J. Goodfellow
Auction Mart
HAERE
H. C. Corfe
Hillspan
Wales
Kelly Moss Vale
Overland Sydney Ltd
Erskine
Coe Amwemtha
Ershons
Wanderfiel
Eien Ti Evang
St. Warerieg
Whyte Bey Fom Meu
Ree
Amd
de Fein Ager
Warvia
Studebaker
A. J. Gregory Bowral
Wunderlich Limited
Baptist & Cleveland
Redfern
A. B. Robinson
Timerchant
H. J. Pulford
Tay
J. L. Selmes
Bennet & Wood
Pitt & Bathurst Sts
Plymouth
Larke, Neave & Carter Ltd
New South Wales
Distribetere
William Street
C. N. Jackson