• When Australian federation is plished the question of. altering tKcjdifferent railway gauges’will be-;of inrnoitaiice. Mr Louis Pearce; of 'Fremantle, : ,W. ; A., has anticipated) this 1 - difficulty.' -His invention seeks: to provide means .ties'irmidenial to the various-breaks:of railway gauges may be overcome, .so; that the same rolling-stock may be used' lines, oven though of different gauge. With these aids in view, the, inventor forms a screwthread, .on the axle, .and; a' corresponding screw, in the eye or boss of the wheel. To retain the wheels upon the axle in' tlieir correct positions' distance-collars'are employed, which may be changed in position, to comply with different gauges. Underneath the carriage floor hinged, pawls are suspended, which'prevent the axle’s turning during the time the wheels are being screwed outwardly or inwardly car the axle, and which engage rachets ontheaxle.- These 'pawls securely hold the axle in pjace. 1
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11921, 19 June 1899, Page 6
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