The railway companies in England are countering road competition in many ways. On the top left is a picture of one of the latest railway devices. This has been installed in the London and North-Eastern system to speed up goods traffic. The railway track goes down a steep incline and then spreads out fanwise into many sidings. The mechanism opens the points for a siding and works a brake on the wagon. It is possible by this means to cut up a 60-wagon train into forty parts in minutes. The illustration shows the marshalling yard from the control tower. On the top right is a photograph of a recent parade of “Old Contemptibles,” members of the original British Expeditionary Force that went to France in 1914. They are marching past Buckingham Palace on their way to the Cenotaph. Straw hats are a revived fashion in New Zealand, but at the famous Harrow School they have always been prescribed for certain occasions. Our picture (bottom left) shows boys at Harrow on Founders’ Day filing past for the roll call. The speeding, up of telegram delivery is being attempted in England by provision of motor cycles for messengers. The experiment is being tried in parts of London and some out-of-the-way districts. The Postmaster-General is inspecting a fleet of these machines at the General Post Office, London.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1933, Page 4

The railway companies in England are countering road competition in many ways. On the top left is a picture of one of the latest railway devices. This has been installed in the London and North-Eastern system to speed up goods traffic. The railway track goes down a steep incline and then spreads out fanwise into many sidings. The mechanism opens the points for a siding and works a brake on the wagon. It is possible by this means to cut up a 60-wagon train into forty parts in minutes. The illustration shows the marshalling yard from the control tower. On the top right is a photograph of a recent parade of “Old Contemptible s,” members of the original British Expeditionary Force that went to France in 1914. They are marching past Buckingham Palace on their way to the Cenotaph. Straw hats are a revived fashion in New Zealand, but at the famous Harrow School they have always been prescribed for certain occasions. Our picture (bottom left) shows boys at Harrow on Founders’ Day filing past for the roll call. The speeding, up of telegram delivery is being attempted in England by provision of motor cycles for messengers. The experiment is being tried in parts of London and some out-of-the-way districts. The Postmaster-General is inspecting a fleet of these machines at the General Post Office, London.