Frank Packers:
Kevin Taylor writes: Re. “Mayne: after 20 year attempt, Packer launches another Sydney casino push” (Wednesday, item 3). Some idea on how Sir Frank Packer kept his money: as a 15-year-old telegram boy at Double Bay — about 1960 — I saw on the front page of the Telegraph a lost and found notice for his two labradors, with a reward of £50 ($100), or about six months salary.
I found the dogs, held them in a phone box and called Sir Frank:
“Where are they?”
“In Ranfurley Road”
“Tell them to go home, they know their way from there”
*Click*
Does every city need an airport rail line?:
Roger Kelly writes: Re. “The Urbanist: does every city need an airport rail line?” (yesterday, item 13). There is a viable alternative to airport rail — to either air port — in the “O-Bahn” transit system already running in Adelaide.
This would be a mere fraction of the cost and uses existing freeways, etc, as access.
Somebody should think it through.
Funding a railway to Avalon and not Tullamarine is so counter-intuitive that there has to be a second agenda. Downsizing/closing Tulla?
Both should have public transport and it may be that this progressive, achievable and affordable solution could be considered.
Kevin Taylor, please (please!) tell us you didn’t do as instructed. If the positions had been reversed Packer would not have told you the location of your dogs and would’ve negotiated a higher reward on the phone. Convince me otherwise.