Punch,  56 (1869), 41.

Orders of the Day

Anon

Genre:

Notes

Subjects:

Engineering, Railways, Accidents, Government, Politics


    Presents a series of questions raised by Mr Punch, including 'Whether one part of the Thames Embankment won't be worn away before the other is completed?', 'When there is going to be easy communication between Guard and Passenger on every Railway', and whether 'we must wait for some tremendous accident or fearful crises' before these problems are solved.



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