RAILWAYS MAGAZINE

Wairarapa Daily Times, 31 July 1936, Page 6

RAILWAYS MAGAZINE

BIG AUGUST ISSUE. “A well-balanced budget” would be a fair summary of the Varied features —prose, verse and pictures—of the August issue of the “New Zealand Railways Magazine. ’ ’ James Cowan, whose “Famous New Zealanders” are a regular feature of the Magazine, brightly sketches the dramatic career, sunny personality and human ideals of the Right Hon. M. J. Savage. That delightful chronicler, “Robin Hyde,” writes of happy days in Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty. The versatile humorist, Mr Ken Alexander, serves some merry philosophy in “The Wife and the Wherefore.”

‘ 1 The Thirteenth Clue, ’' a very mysterious mix-up, is taken on another stage by Mr C. A. L. Treadwell. Plenty of people in cities and towns should be interested in Mr O. N. Gillespie’s well-written claim for Wellington that it is a “Paradise for Poets and Painters” and the “World’s Prettiest Capital City.” The two pages of original verse are worthy of special praise as impressive additions to New Zealand literature. Mr R. M. Jenkins continues interestingly with his “Limited Night Entertainments.”

Mr W. F. Ingram has another excellent serving of “Panorama of the. Playground. ’ ’

The “Women’s Section” maintains its high standard of helpfulness in and out of the home.

Other features, including a cheerful story for children by Shiela Russell and a chronicle of Maori wisdom, should help to maintain the Magazine’s popularity.