The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 5 (August 1, 1935)

Contents

• • Leading New Zealand Newspapers p. 2
  • Postal shopping p. 4
  • Contents p. 7
  • [title page]
• • Better Days p. 9
  • Railway Progress in New Zealand — General Manager's Message — In Times of Difficulty p. 10
  • Perfect new Plymouth — Where Mount Egmont Reigns In Beauty. — The World's Garden Town — by O. N. Gillespie p. 11
  • Our London Letter — The Railways and the King's Jubilee — by Arthur L. Stead p. 17
    • [section] p. 17
    • Clean Railway Travel
    • Carriage of Perishable Freights
    • Britain's “Freight Flyers.”
    • Where the “Blue Danube” Flows
    • Land of the “Midnight Sun.”
  • Famous New Zealanders — No. 29 — Samuel Butler, Canterbury Sheepfarmer And Great Satirical Writer — by Tangiwai p. 21
    • [section] p. 21
    • Butler the Rebel
    • In the Glass Case
    • Butler's New Zealand Life
    • Arrival in the New Land p. 22
    • Lyttelton 75 Years Ago
    • The New Chum's First Camp
    • The Run on the Rangitata
    • Butler's Friend, John Baker p. 23
    • Over the Pass to Westland
    • No Land for Sheep-men p. 24
    • Forty Years After
  • The Helping Hand
  • The Crossing of Copeland Pass and Graham's Saddle — by Thelma R. Kent. p. 27
  • New Zealand Verse p. 31
    • The River — by James G. Treadwell p. 31
    • Under Way — by Frank Eden
    • Retrospect — by C. W. Vennell
    • The Spell — by Hazel Dunn
  • New Zealand Journey — by Margaret Macpherson p. 32
    • IV p. 32
    • The Inimitable Shaw
  • A Summer Residence for Bees. — How The N.Z. Railways Play Their Part In Pioneer Industries — by Ian D. Stevenson p. 37
    • [section] p. 37
    • Summer Residence For Bees p. 38
  • A New Zealand Duel. — A Story Of Early Akaroa p. 39
  • Lucky Cows! p. 41
  • On the Road to Anywhere — Palm Lilies And A Benedictine. “Sweet Evening” In Opononi. — Part IV — by Robin Hyde p. 43
    • [section] p. 43
    • Golden Treasure Art Union Results
  • The Wisdom of the Maori — Railway Station Names, And Their Meanings — by Tohunga p. 45
    • [section] p. 45
    • North Auckland Names
    • Okaihau:
    • Kaikohe:
    • Ngāpuhi:
    • Rakautao
    • Kāwiti:
    • Opua:
    • Taumārere:
    • Kawakawa:
    • Pokapu:
    • Motatau:
    • Taikirau:
    • Maromaku:
    • Tōwai:
    • Akerama:
    • Hūkerenui:
    • Waiotū:
    • Whakapara:
    • Otonga:
    • Waro:
    • Hikurangi:
    • Kauri:
    • Ruatāngata:
    • Kamo:
    • Kioreroa:
    • Mangapai:
    • Tauraroa:
    • Wai-o-tira:
    • Waikiekie:
    • Taipuha:
    • Paparoa:
    • Huarau:
    • Maunga-tu-roto:
  • One Limited Night — Entertainments — Part III — by R. Marryat Jenkins p. 46
  • Leading Hotels — A Reliable Travellers' Guide p. 50
  • Pictures of New Zealand Life — by Tangiwai p. 51
    • Our Pedigrees p. 51
    • A Thousand Years Ago
    • Waterways and the Willow
    • Machinery by Canoe
  • Zoo-Logic! — by Ken Alexander p. 52
    • Feathers and Fur p. 52
    • The Gay Deceiver
    • The Pellmellican
    • The Pygmy Pig
    • Nosey!
    • What Polar Bears Bear
    • “Nevermore!”
    • Hearts and Bones
    • “Among Those Present.”
  • Variety In Brief p. 54
  • Among The Books — A Literary Page or Two — by Shibli Bagarag p. 55
    • [section] p. 55
    • Reviews p. 56
    • “Shibli” Listens In
    • Can You Wear To-day's Dresses?
  • Selector and Manager of the “All Blacks” — Mr. V. R. Meredith p. 58
  • Our Women's Section — Timely Notes and Useful Hints — by Helen p. 60
    • Beautifying As A Business p. 60
    • At A Dinner Party
    • Fashion Points. — Including Signs of an Early Spring p. 61
  • Perfect Bridge Hands
    • [section]
    • Health Notes. — In Season—“A Touch of Rheumatism.”
    • Household Removals
  • Panorama of the Playground — Tennis—A German “Menace.” — by Old Sport p. 63
    • [section] p. 63
    • Hockey and the Indian Tour
    • The “All-Blacks.”

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