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Results of Picture Puzzle Competition, No. 1.

The following is the list of prize-winners for the above competition, as announced in our November issue:-

Correct solution:-Amongst This country's Magnificent scenic Features are the Remarkable glaciers, Picturesque lakes, the Majesty of the Colossal alpine peaks, And forest Scenery. These are Unquestioned as Being without Peer in any Portion of the Universe.

Prize-winners:-First Prize (£7): L. J. Wishart, G.P.O., Masterton (correct). Second Prize (£2): Miss M. Langrish, Dept. Agriculture, Auckland (two entries with one mistake, £1 for each entry).

Third Prize, £1 (divided between six entries, with two mistakes, ¾ each entry): Miss M. Langrish, Dept. Agriculture, Auckland (one entry); L. G. Anderson, 185 Salisbury St., Christchurch (two entries); Miss P. Larcombe, Box 56, Greymouth (one entry); and Mrs. S. E. Dassler, Te Rau-a-moa, Te Awamutu (two entries). Prize money has been posted to all the successful competitors.

Cleaner Travelling.

For some months past the Railways have been trying out a new form of matting in several of the Main Trunk Express cars. These mats are a New Zealand product of a link design, and any dirt is caught in the interstices of the mat, making it almost impossible for it to be tramped or blown through the carriages.

The matting is soft and silent to walk upon, and in those cars where it has been tried it has been favourably commented upon by people walking through the carriages.

The Victorian Railways have used these mats for, a number of years, with complete satisfaction, and it will be interesting to hear the further comments of New Zealand railwaymen and railway passengers on the greater cleanliness of travelling which it is considered this matting now makes possible.^*