A RAILWAY’S RELIC
A brass plate of historic value to tl(: people ot New Zealand is proudly exhibited in a glass case in the private office of Mr. G. H. Mackley, C.M.G., general manager of the New Zealand Railways. An inscription on the plate, which was originally attached to New Zealand's first locomotive, reads:— James Davidson and Company, No. 1. Otago Foundry. Dunedin. An eloquent reminder ot the infancy days of our present railways system and its growth from a few miles in 1863 to more than 3400 miles of permanent way covered by steel and in actual use to-day.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 78, 2 April 1938, Page 10
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