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Evening Star, Issue 14575, 25 May 1911, Page 8

The man who invented railvray tickets is perhaps a* deserving of immortality as the inventor of perforate*! stamps (says the London ' Daily Chronicle'). For in the earty railway era booting for a journey ■roe a very elaborate affair. You arrived at the (station, generally accompanied by all your relatives, about an hour boforo the advertised time of departure of th-e train, and then waited patiently until it was your turn to be interviewed by the booking clerk. You gave him your name xtd address and other particulars, which he wrote on a printed form about as large as a censi!6 paper - , and afterwards copied into a book like a bank ledger. You then paid yonr fare, received the paper, and departed amidst affectionate farewells. For chronic chest complaints Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d.-[Advt]