N.Z. RAILWAYS PRAISED
Australian Visitor's Tribute . Among recent visitors from overseas who found much to praise in the New Zealand railways was Mr E. H. Angelo, M.L.O.j of West Australia. When he was interviewed on his return to .Perth by a itepresentative of The Western Mail; he remarked that "New Zealandi seemed to be progressing at ,a very rapid rate." ' There was building activity in every centre Ee visited, and the'* railway system was being enlarged considerably, he said. New Zealand possessed 3300 miles of railway, and, although the gauge was only 3ft. 6in., the same as in Western Australia, the carriages there were the most comfortable he had ever seen. Trains used on the principal routes carried an ohservation car equipped with adjustahle easy chairs, and the sides of the carriages were practically all glass, giving an uninterrupted view of points of interest passed. The railway officials vied with one another in paying attention to tourists, seldom failing to point out scenic attractions. He had brought back with him photogi'aphs, specifications and blue prints of the Dominion's latest rail-cars, ^vhich he intended giving to the Commissioner of Railways. The cars were built in the New Zealand railway workshops.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 110, 26 May 1937, Page 9
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