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The Scotsman said the trains in liis country went that the fields were all mixed like a plate of. brofli.
The Irishman boasted that the trains in Ireland travelled at. such a speed that the telegraph poles, resem-, bled a fine-tooth comb. 'The Englishman remarked that once he was in a trftin at Euston bound for the north, and, having a few angry words with one of the port-; ers, drew back his fist—and struck” the statiommastcr at Birmingham!
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 80, 7 September 1938, Page 4
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80SPEED Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 80, 7 September 1938, Page 4
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