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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2797, 31 May 1911, Page 2

A new chum, intend upon " taking down " a young Australian, said, " My boy ! This country may develop into something some day, but at present I fail to see the least justification for your Australian blow!" •' Do you really, now ?" retorted the Australian. " Well! I'll open your eyes a bit! What about Melba x McKennal, Oscar Asche, Louis Brennan, Spofforth, Blackham, Noble, Trumper, Giffen, Beaurepaire, Wootton, Gray, Donald Mclntosh, Bill Beach, Searle, Norman Brookes, Donaldson, Tom Burrows, Miss Kellerman, Clark, the cyclist, and youn^ Davis, the worldbeater over hurdles ! Ido like to hear you new chums talk about champions.— Why, you don't know you're born !"

The man who invented railway tickets is perhaps as deserving of immortality as the inventor of perforated stamps (says the London "Daily Chronicle"). For in the early railway era for a journey was a very elaborate affair. You arrived at the station, generally accompanied by all your relatives, about an hour before the advertised time of departure of the train, and then waited patiently until it was your turn to be interviewed by the booking clerk. You gave him your name and address and other particulars, which he wrote on a printed form as large as a census paper and afterwards copied into a book like a bank ledger. You then paid your fare, received the papers, and departed amidst affectionate farewells.