Human Parcels By Rail.

Alastair Campbell (aged 7) and his brother William (aged 3), whose photographs appear below, became, in a manner, passenger parcels, consigned to their grandmother at Waihi. To each of the children was attached a label bearing his name and the address of the grandparent.

The original link of the boys with Waihi was their father, who went from that town some years ago to Rarotonga, where he married a native. The death of both parents caused a call to go from New Zealand to the orphans, and so began a voyage of wonderment on the “Makura” to Wellington. Here they were met by a friend, who handed them to the guard on the Main Trunk Express. Of course the guard transferred them to the kindly care of the attendant on the ladies' carriage, where the young wayfarers found warmth and other comfort. Away they went on their first train ride, in full confidence that the Railway Department would deliver them safely to their grandmother.

(Rly. Publicity photo.)
Alastair and William Campbell.

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Famous British Express Train In America.
(Photos, courtesy S. Fahey, N.Z.R., Feathersto)
Great Britain's contribution to the Transport Section of the Century of Progress World's Fair now open in Chicago, U.S.A. “The Royal Scot,” crack train of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, on its triumphal tour through the Eastern States of America.