The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 4 (August 1, 1932)

Contents

• • [covers]
  • Contents
    • [section]
    • Famous Last Words
  • [title page]
• • Railways and Sport
    • [section]
    • Mystery Trains p. 6
    • Back to the Rail
  • General Manager's Message — Hopeful Signs
  • World Affairs — by E. Vivian Hall p. 9
    • [section] p. 9
    • Lowest for Thirty-five Years
    • The Interest Barometer
    • Will America Veto?
    • Election Delays
    • New Reichstag Coming p. 10
    • Tariffs: Debt
    • Foreign Trade
    • Lessons of Raiding
    • Monarchs in Exile p. 11
    • Magic
    • A Test of Culture
  • Train Land p. 13
    • Stop! Look! Listen! p. 13
    • Trainland's Letter Box
    • Here It Is! — Monster Railway Competition. — Over 1000 Prizes. — Value Amounting to £100
    • What Do You Think Of This? — Typical Ruse of Maori Warfare p. 14
      • [section] p. 14
      • Lolly Trains
    • What Is Your Hobby?
      • [section]
      • Gold Fish
    • Whatever Is This? p. 15
    • Conditions
  • Current Comments p. 17
    • Co-operation With Railways p. 17
    • Road or Rail. — Stratford Firm's Experience in Parcels Charges
    • The Danish State Railways
  • Our London Letter p. 19
    • [section] p. 19
    • Solving London's Rail Transport Problems
      • [section]
      • Rail and Steamship Services
      • Slip-carriage Working
      • Dining-car and Hotel Services
      • Ninety-three Locomotives Built in One Year p. 22
  • The Railway Year — Net Revenue Gain — by Mr. H. H. Sterling p. 23
    • [section] p. 23
    • Reduction in Expenditure
    • On Sound Business Lines
  • The Chief Clerk
  • Heart of the Island — Taumarunui and Its Story: The Evolution of a Railway Town — by James Cowan p. 25
    • [section] p. 25
    • Two Frontier Towns p. 26
    • The Primitive Days
    • The “Father of Taumarunui.”
    • A Tale of Two Scouts
    • Town and Country To-day
  • Staff Administration — New Zealand Railways Staff Division At Work p. 31
    • [section] p. 31
    • Inquiry and Employment Section
    • Up-to-date Filing Methods p. 34
    • Education in Railway Working
    • Housing the Department's Employees
    • How Location Cards are Kept
    • Classification and Correspondence
    • Low Rates In America
  • By Those Who Like Us p. 37
  • Luxury in Railway Travel — Notable Developments in Britain p. 38
    • [section] p. 38
    • New Observation Cars
    • Car Parks For Rail Users
  • Pictures of New Zealand Life — by James Cowan p. 41
    • The Fossickers p. 41
      • [section] p. 41
      • The Rare White Bird
      • Self-denial p. 42
      • At the Rail-End
    • Sails Linger p. 43
  • History of the Canterbury Railways p. 45
    • [section] p. 45
    • The Northern Railway and the Rakaia Bridge
    • Interesting Proposals p. 46
    • Safety of Lyttelton Tunnel
  • “The Auld Engineer” — Ships' Engines and Engineers — by N. Blake p. 49
    • [section] p. 49
    • Railways and Ships
    • A Den of Noise
    • Full Speed Astern p. 51
  • The Railway Problem p. 52
  • The Canadian National Railways — Largest Railway System In The Empire p. 53
    • [section] p. 53
    • The Operating Divisions
    • Sir Henry Thornton's Work p. 54
    • Far-flung System
    • Travel Amenities
    • Employee Welfare
  • Our Women's Section — by Sheila G. Marshall p. 57
    • Made In Heaven p. 57
    • This Month's Beauty Note p. 58
      • [section] p. 58
      • Beauty Rules
    • From the Train p. 59
      • [section] p. 59
      • Sydal Hand Emollient
  • Skinny and The Sport of Kings — by Ken Alexander p. 61
    • The Unimportance of being Skinny p. 61
    • Survival and Arrival
    • Enter Gentle Annie
    • Grit, Sand and the Turf p. 63
  • Wit And Humour p. 64
    • A Tragic Misunderstanding! p. 64
    • The Parrot
    • Life's Inequalities
    • Originality Triumphant
    • The Independent!
    • Pat's Retort

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