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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 11 (March 1, 1928)

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Writing in “The Irishman,” Senator J. T. O 'Farrell, the well-known Labour Leader, says:—

The report to hand some time ago of the “theft” of a mountain railway at Kohenberg in Austria, recalls to mind a similar incident in Ireland about 30 years ago, when the Birr and Portumna Railway was actually stolen. The full circumstances, as amazing as they are humorous, were related in evidence before the Vice-regal Commission on Irish Railways (1906-10), and are briefly recorded in paragraph 100, page 41, of the Commission's report.

Railway Publicity hoarding on Lambton Quary, Wellington

Railway Publicity hoarding on Lambton Quary, Wellington