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Employees of the Railway Department are invited to forward news items or articles bearing on railway affairs. The aim of contributors should be to supply interesting topical material tending generally towards the betterment of the service.

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I hereby certify that the publisher's lists and other records disclose that the circulation of the “New Zealand Railways Magazine” has not been less than 20,000 copies each issue since July, 1930.

Deputy-Controller and Auditor-General.

Christmas Sentiment—Its Modern Expression.

Readers of this Journal will be greatly interested in the seasonable suggestion of how they may best express Christmas sentiment and grood-will.

Much has been said recently of the growing interest of peoples of the world, in events—past and present in other spheres; in customs and life in strange countries; in acquiring a true appreciation of art in its many forms and in gaining knowledge, culture and broader vision.

This universal thirst for knowledge suggests to readers the thought that information on all these vitally interesting subjects can be easily given to those to whom they desire to give really appropriate gifts, in the form of gift works such as Universal History of the World; Lands and Peoples; The World's Famous Pictures; I-See-All Pictorial Dictionary. These works are available in handsomely bound sets of volumes and can be obtained on an easy payment method ' A gift of this nature will demonstrate discrimination and earn the utmost appreciation.

For full particulars see the announcement on page 3 of this issue.