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Re: meaning of 'manures' in SAR Annual Reports
- Subject: Re: meaning of 'manures' in SAR Annual Reports
- From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 03:04:38 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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bscaro@hotmail.com wrote:
> I've been reading an old 'Railway Transportation' article by the SAR
> commissioner in 1971 where he's referring to the decline in use of SAR
> freight services and he refers to tonnages of 'manures' carried.
The plural of manure in the sense of its many origins, i.e. cow, horse,
sheep, etc.
Cheers
David