The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 9 (February 25, 1927)

Contents

• • [cover]
  • A Souvenir of the Royal Visit
  • Contents
  • Editorial — Our Empire
  • [title page]
• • The Board's Message. — Our Royal Visitors
  • British History In Brief. — The Growth Of An Empire
    • [subsection]
    • 5th–7th centuries. Conquest and settlement by Saxons, Angles and Jutes
    • 7th–11th Centuries
    • A.D. 1066, Norman Conquest
    • 11th–13th Centuries
    • A.D. 1215, Magna Charta
    • A.D. 1265–1295 Parliament
    • A.D. 1337–1453, The Hundred Years War
    • A.D. 1453–1485, Wars of the Roses
    • A.D. 1348, The Great Plague
    • A.D. 1327–1377, Immigration of Flemish Weavers
    • A.D. 1485–1603, Absolutism of the Tudors
    • 15th–16th Centuries Renaissance
    • 16th Century
    • A.D. 1603–1688, The Stuarts, The Civil War—The Commonwealth—The Revolution
    • 18th–19th Centuries. Science, Invention, Material Progress, Economic Enlightenment
  • Sovereigns
    • Alfred The Great. — 871–901 A.D
    • Edward I. — 1272–1307
    • Henry V. 1413–1422
    • Elizabeth. — 1558–1603
    • William Iii. And Mary. — 1689–1702
    • Queen Anne. — 1702–1714
  • Stalesmen
    • [subsection]
    • Sir Robert Walpole
    • William Pitt, The Younger
    • Viscount Palmerston
    • William Ewart Gladstone
    • Lord Oxford And Asquith
    • Mr. Lloyd George
    • The Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin
    • England
  • “A Boss Pianist!” — Dear Mr. Editor,—
  • Gross Ton-Mile Statistics
    • [subsection]
    • Mis-7 to be Remodelled
    • Departmental Examinations
  • Production Engineering — Part IX. — Analysing The Job — by E. T. Spidy
    • [subsection]
    • Mistakes we Make
  • Bt Those Who Like Us
  • Impressions of a Trip from Rotorua to the Wairakei Valley—(Concluded) — by W. H. H. Grapes
    • [subsection]
    • Ii
  • Premium Bonus System — by E. T. Spidy
  • Safety First
    • Rules For Prevention Of Accidents In Workshops
    • Safety Grams
  • Current Comments
    • King Chats With Old Railwaymen
    • The Perils Of The Highway
    • Safety Of Railway Travel
    • Otira Tunnel Traffic
  • The Romance Of Coal
  • The Wealth Of The West — Busy Time on the Coast
  • A Railway Man on Holiday — A Tour of Australia — by F. Bonifant
    • [subsection]
    • Little Things
  • Sovereings—Continued
    • [subsection]
    • George Iii. — 1760–1820
    • Queen Victoria, 1837–1901
    • George V. — 1910
  • Wellington District Notes — (Contributed)
    • [subsection]
    • Another Railwayman Passes
  • Modern Shunting Methods. — Gravity Shunting Yards—(Continued) — ( Part VIII.—Hump Shunting.) — by S. E. Fay
    • [subsection]
    • Method of Operating a Hump Yard where — Points are Electrically Controlled
    • Wireless
  • Authors — Britain's Pageant Of Prose And Poetry
  • Annual Conference Divisional Superintendents and District Traffic Managers. — Opening Function
  • Empire Builders
    • Sir Francis Drake
    • Lord Nelson
    • Earl Kitchener
    • Lord Bacon
    • Adam Smith
    • Lord Kelvin
  • The Prime Minister's Return. — Greetings To His Railway Staff

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Title: The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 9 (February 25, 1927)

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