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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 02, 1869
Page
2
A humorous South Australia vignette complains of heat and dust. The narrator laments sun glare and dry grass with crickets and flies attacking daily life. Despite faults in South Australia, all lands share this scorched season and nuisance. Kapanda. A. Houxzn.
A jumble of 19th century snippets includes a note on a Mustissiter editor and judge marrying multiple partners, a tale of milk and weaning, a four year old who witnessed Sabbath breaking, and reflections on American testing of new inventions. The piece cites velocipede skepticism, a Connecticut flood joke, and a police court surname mixup involving aliasing.
The American Harvard College crew reached Liverpool and will race from Putney to Mortlake, likely in late August. They bring two 48 foot boats and will stay first at Star and Garter Hotel then move to the White House Putney, with honorary membership in London Rowing Club.
The American eight includes J. A. P. Loring of Boston, W. Rice of Oregon, W. H. Simmons of Concord, A. Burns of Chicago as stroke, and a Chicago-born coxswain. After a week on ship without practice they weighed more than 12 stone for most, the stroke nearly 14 stone, with expectations weights will drop with training and hot weather. The Field notes hope authorities will ensure optimal conditions for competition.
A great coal deposit is reported in the Chanda district south of Nagpore, with two square miles of coal 14 ft thick at 300 ft depth on the Chanda side of the Wardah and a similar area on the opposite bank. Geologist Mc Fryar estimates a profitable railway link to Nagpore at about £1 per ton, while current English coal costs rise to £1 16s 9d in Bombay and double that at Nagpore.
The article discusses potential tramway schemes for London linking Surrey side routes and north bank connections. It critiques Train's failed broad rails, proposes level rails embedded in granite with narrow grooves to avoid catching vehicle wheels, and describes multiple route ideas around Westminster, Lambeth, Battersea, Pimlico, Greenwich, and eastward lines toward Whitechapel and Stratford.
In a Chambers's Journal excerpt a plan proposes granite curb rails embedded in concrete at four feet eight and a half inch gauge, weighing forty pounds per yard, with tie-rods securing rails. Suburban road repairs could shift costs to tramway companies. Proposals describe six mile per hour operation with two end platforms, roomy carriages for twenty outside passengers, and fear of toll-bar repairs driving parish costs away. Fares could be capped by Parliament and offered at half penny to workers during peak hours.
A reader rails against amateur doctors who tout foreign waters and dubious remedies. He recalls a morning illness after following questionable advice, praises a regular physician, and argues doctors deserve trust for gentleness, courage, and skill while lamenting the public's ingratitude and misused faith.
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