A Pleased Client.

An unusual incident occurred on a recent run of one of Auckland's suburban trains. A passenger joined the train at Papakura and seated himself in a first-class car. When his ticket was checked and the guard found that he was holding a second-class ticket, the former drew the passenger's attention to the fact that he was in a first-class compartment. He willingly paid the difference, and remarked that he was only four days in the Dominion from England, and he had been told before he left England that the New Zealand guards were the most courteous in the world, and during the four days that he had been here he was quite satisfied they were. He said, also, that he had been in many parts of the world, and the guards in this country were the cleanest and best dressed he had ever seen.

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A Railway Complex.

At holiday times even adults anxiously scan the skies and the weather reports to judge whether their important fixtures will be blessed by good or marred by bad weather. To children, however, a holiday outing is often a matter of supreme importance, and many a little prayer goes up for the sun to shine on such an occasion. Doubtless the intimate dialogue written by 13-year-old Ruth Sanders, of Wellington, and reproduced below, will appeal to those who believe in co-operation, even among the elements, for the common good-at least whenever a railway excursion is run:-

Dawn: Who is going to the earth, today?

Sun: I will bring sunshine on the world to-day.

Rain: Be not selfish; I will rain, and help farmers to make fortunes.

Sun: What about older people? They like sunshine.

Rain (scornfully): Old people! They have only a few years to go, while some young farmers have twenty or forty years before them.

Sun: What about picnickers? They want sunshine.

Rain: Pleasure-seekers!

Sun: People want pleasure.

Rain: Do we?

Sun: Yes; we see other people happy. Besides, there is a railway picnic, and think of the people that would be out of work if it were not for railways. Also, a railway is cheap and comfortable.

Rain: If that is so, it will be sunshine.

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Sale of “Charity” Stamps.

Readers of the Magazine are reminded that, in continuation of the anti-tuberculosis campaign commenced in 1929, “Charity” stamps are now on sale at all post offices in the Dominion.

The “Charity” stamps this year are of two denominations-a 3d. stamp (2d. postage plus 1d. charity) for letters and other articles on which postage of 2d. is required, and a 2d. stamp (1d. postage plus 1d. charity) for newspapers, Christmas cards, packets and others articles on which the postage is 1d.

The funds raised by the sale of the stamps will be applied to the establishment of permanent bases throughout the Dominion for children's health camps.