RAILWAYS MAGAZINE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 May 1940, Page 3

RAILWAYS MAGAZINE

FEATURES OF MAY ISSUE. James Cowan tells the story of a daring capture of a Maori murderer in the King Country in 1882 by a burly adventurer with the help of drugged* rum. It is a very vivid piece of history. Ken Alexander, in a merry sketch. "The Decline of Eating," illustrated by himself, recalls the great feats of old-' time trenchermen, in contrast with the timid feeders whose motto is "Eat and drink warily today, lest tomorrow you diet.” O. N. Gillespie well describes the skill of New Zealand factories in the making of all m’tnner of sports goods, including model, aeroplanes. Ronald Marsh shows how the Royal New Zealand Air Force, with aerial photography, is helping the Lands and Survey Department to speed up the mapping of difficult country.

N. Maine recalls the first visit of the Rev. Samuel Marsden to Now Zealand :n 1814. The migration of Nova Scotian Gaels to Waipu, North Auckland, in the early 'fifties, is interestingly sei out by K. R. Hancock. Barbara Kerr revives the romance of the old gold •Jays; of Otago with a bright article on '.he Skippers* Road and the Shotovcr River, which was once known as "the •ichest river in the world." Mona Gordon gives a* pleasant presentation of the brilliant Charles Heaphy, a famous artist of old Now Zealand.

W. F. Ingram continues his excellent scries of articles on famous athletes of Now Zealand. Other features—a chat >ll books and authors’ original verse md the women’s section —arc well •naintained.