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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 06, 1906
Page
4
An old miner recounts a long-ago strike at Ararat, detailing a bustling theatre scene with actors, a lavish feast, and a dangerous shaft accident. He recalls escape from toxic gas, later revisiting the site during a touring securing trip, and notes clashes between rowdies and local authorities before law and order prevailed.
The passage recounts the collapse of the Ararat gold rush scene with wasteful spending and shifting camps. Diggers, including a German doctor and his English wife, share memories of early success and later decline as hundreds move toward Armstrongs to seek new surface gold fields. The narrator, carrying a cradle on a pole, describes a grueling journey up rugged ranges with friends, enduring strain, and witnessing mixed fortunes at Armstrongs before planning another move toward Melbourne.
Reports on a new pedal design where a strap end released by kicking out a split plate frees the foot. The mechanism aims to prevent foot being caught in a crash, with claims it slips out sideways and releases the foot. The article mentions military uses and long-distance potential for motor cycles across Australia, highlighting roads and the Sydney to Melbourne route.
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