The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 8 (December 1, 1933)

Contents

• • [covers]
  • Contents p. 1
    • [section] p. 1
    • Results of Picture Puzzle Competition, No. 1
    • Cleaner Travelling
  • [title page]
• • The Christmas Touch p. 3
  • Railway Progress in New Zealand — General Manager's Message p. 4
    • Good Work by the Staff Acknowledged p. 4
    • Christmas Greetings
  • Christmas—Old and New — by Leo Fanning p. 5
  • The Spirit of Do-Cember — by Ken Alexander p. 9
    • The End of Nineteen-thirty-three p. 9
    • The Locomoke
    • Christmas Here, There and Everywhere
    • Plum Duff and Dumb Bluff
    • Raddled Recipes
    • Advice for Those About to Bout
    • Dubious Daftynitions
  • When No 4 went picking Daisies — by Will Lawson p. 13
  • Famous New Zealanders — No. 9 — The Mair Brothers, Soldiers and Pioneers — by James Cowan p. 17
    • [section] p. 17
    • Major Mair's Career
    • Fighting the Hauhaus
    • The Saps at Te Teko
    • Mountain Campaigns
    • Mair the Peacemaker p. 19
    • Captain Mair and his Arawa
    • Daring Exploits p. 20
    • The Fighting Round Rotorua
    • Defence of Whakatane
    • In Pursuit of Te Kooti
    • The Closing Years
    • London's Passenger Transport
  • The Caxton of New Zealand — Printing in the Early Days — by Harry C. Baulf p. 23
    • [section] p. 23
    • Early New Zealand Printing
  • Dunedin — How it got its Name — by D. J. Cowie p. 24
  • The King of No Man's Land — Sergt. R. C. Travis — V.C., D.C.M., M.M., Croix de Guerre (For.) — by M. S. Nestor p. 25
    • [section] p. 25
    • “Passengers Friends”
  • Rambles Round Otira — Some Beauty Spots of the Southern Alps — by L. G. Carpenter p. 28
  • New Zealand Verse p. 30
    • The Night Express p. 30
    • The Peace of the Bush
    • The Madrigal of Buds and Wings — by Eve Langley
    • The Ruahines Under Snow
    • Joy of Life — by M. von Keisenberg p. 31
    • A Complex Business
    • Tea in the Old Times
    • Aranui. — (A Waitomo Fantasy.) — by Horace S. Cottrell
  • Famous New Zealand Trials — The Trial of James Wilson — by C. A. L. Treadwell p. 32
  • A Hobby for the Young — Making a Sand Engine — by F. Roberts p. 37
  • Feathers — A Bagman's Fantasy p. 38
  • Our London Letter — by Arthur L. Stead p. 41
    • [section] p. 41
    • Christmas on the Home Railways
      • [section]
      • Fast Freight Trains in Britain
      • For the Tourist and Excursionist p. 42
      • Rail-Road Co-ordination in Britain
      • Traffic Pooling Arrangements p. 43
  • A Romance of the 'Forties — by Anthony Ward
    • [section]
    • An Appreciation p. 46
    • An Historic Clash — by F. V. Knapp
  • Notable New Zealand Scenic — by O. L. Burke p. 47
    • [section] p. 47
    • Evening-heralding snow on the Ranges
    • Sunset on Lake Taupo
  • The Wisdom of the Maori — by Tohunga p. 49
    • [section] p. 49
    • Origin of Art Designs
    • A Mutilated Tongue p. 50
    • Taranaki's Poi Dancers
    • The “Lion-like” Maori
  • Among the Books p. 51
    • Among the Books p. 51
    • Shibli Listens In p. 52
    • Reviews
    • New Export Market
  • Johnny in Doubt — by Olive M. Igglesden p. 53
  • Our Women's Section — Timely Notes and Useful Hints — by Helen p. 57
    • Bright Days by the Sea p. 57
      • [section] p. 57
      • The Beach House
      • Shopping for Others p. 58
      • Home-made Christmas Gifts
    • Home Notes. — Recipes p. 59
    • An Old Spanish Custom
  • Trainland p. 61
    • Those Popular Paragraphs p. 61
    • Results of the Christmas Competition
  • The Life of a Shoe — by Bernard J. McAuliffe p. 63

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