The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 9 (January 1, 1934)

Contents

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Contents

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Among the Books 4950
A Girl Driving 4143
Editorial–New Beginnings. 5
Famous New Zealanders 2529
Famous New Zealand Trials 3438
General Manager's Message 8
Gold Rush Days 31
Golden Naseby 15
Hongkong 2324
Janueros 911
National Confidence Carnival (photos) 3233
New Zealand Verse 2122
Our London Letter 1719
Our Women's Section 5760
Pictures of N.Z. Life 4546
Ships That Pass 47
The Dear Old Jokes 67
The Advent of the “K” 1314
To the Top of Penang Hill 6263
The Wisdom of the Maori 5455
The Opening of the King Country to Railway Traffic 39
Trainland 61
Variety in Brief 44
Will Lawson 5153

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Deputy-Controller and Auditor-General.

27/9/33.

Cleaner Travelling.

For some months past the Railways have been trying out a new form of matting in several of the Main Trunk Express cars. These mats are a New Zealand product of a link design, and any dirt is caught in the interstices of the mat, making it almost impossible for it to be tramped or blown through the carriages.

The matting is soft and silent to walk upon, and in those cars where it has been tried it has been favourably commented upon by people walking through the carriages.

The Victorian Railways have used these mats for a number of years, with complete satisfaction, and it will be interesting to hear the further comments of New Zealand railwaymen and railway passengers on the greater cleanliness of travelling which it is considered this matting now makes possible.*

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The Capital City Of New Zealand. Wellington as viewed from the hills above Oriental Bay.

The Capital City Of New Zealand.
Wellington as viewed from the hills above Oriental Bay.