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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 7 (October 1, 1936)
The Southern Lakes
The Southern Lakes.
Manapouri:
This euphonious name of New Zealand's most beautiful lake is really a corruption of the original Maori and is also misplaced, through a pioneer map-maker's error. It is from manavia-popore, meaning “throbbing heart,” which is one of the Mavora lakes, in the ranges near Wakatipu. The ancient and very appropriate name of Manapouri is Motu-rau, meaning “Hundred Islands,’ or “Many Islands,” This information was given to me by old Maoris of Southland in 1903.
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Viceregal Visit to Railway Workshops.
(Rly. Publicity and “Evening Post” photos.)
On 20th August, their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Galway, paid a visit to the Railway Department's Workshops in the Hutt Valley, Wellington. The illustration show: (1) and (2) their Excellencies, accompanied by the Minister of Railways, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, and the General Manager of Railways, Mr. G. H. Mockley, at Lambton Station before their departure for the Workshops; (3) and (4) arrival at the Workshops; (5) in the Heavy Machine Shop (M: W. D. Burton, Works Manager, on left); (6) in the Erecting Shop; (7) and (8) scenes to the Moulding Shop.
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