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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 9 (January 1, 1930)

Transport's Mission Sacred to Social Order

Transport's Mission Sacred to Social Order.

In a young country more than an old one it is possible to exercise a shaping influence on an environment that will in turn become more and more a shaping influence on the new generation. A young country has more choice than an older country.

It has yet time to decide what sort of a growth it wants; what kind of crop, cultural as well as economic, to aim at; how to bring about conditions in which the fittest may also be the best. Shall the people be brought together in those jungles called cities, to climb over each others’ shoulders for a place in the sun, or shall each home have for itself that place, with its own air, winds, and trees, for the good of its own family?

Do not look on the long thin lines of transport as a mere accident. Rather regard them as the life-lines of a social order which we can reclaim or throw away. Their job stands out. Civilisation has none bigger.

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”… the train swept on Athrob with effort, trembling with resolve.“ —Elizabeth Barrett Browning. (Photo, W. W. Stewart.) The Commerce Train returning to Auckland from its memorable tour of the Northland.

”… the train swept on
Athrob with effort, trembling with resolve.“
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

(Photo, W. W. Stewart.)
The Commerce Train returning to Auckland from its memorable tour of the Northland.