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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 2 (May 2, 1938.)
“New Zealand Railways Illustrated.” — Many Tributes
“New Zealand Railways Illustrated.”
Many Tributes
The colourful treatment of the Dominion in the big pictorial book, “New Zealand Railways Illustrated,” has been highly praised by many readers here and overseas.
Appreciation of the production by the general public has been shown in a large number of purchases at 5/-, so that the publication is practically free of cost to the Railways Department.
“The Railway Gazette,” which is recognised as the best authority on railways in the whole world, gives an extensive review in which the various features of the book are very favourably mentioned. Here are some extracts:-
“This collection of coloured illustrations of the beauty spots and other features of interest is the most remarkable publicity album produced by a railway administration that we have seen. It consists of no fewer than 80 full-page pictures, all in four colours, many of them depicting what must surely be some of the finest scenery in the world… . Altogether, the administration is to be congratulated on this fine production, the purpose of which, as Mr. Mackley states, ‘is to show how closely related are the scenic attractions of New Zealand to the National Transportation system.'”
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Mt. Cook For Your Holidays
(South Island)
Height of Delight for your Holidays. The cosy Hermitage (a fully-licensed hotel) is famous as the Alpine social centre. Take Nature's tonic in the Alpine Wonderland thousands of feet above worry level. Have the healthful happiness which lengthens life. See the greatest glaciers of the world's temperature zones. See the huge Hochstetter Ice-Fall. See the Marvellous Ice Caves which are like storied crystal palaces of fairyland. All manner of delightful side-trips amid enchanting scenes. Mount Cook, whose jawelled triple tiara gleams 12,349 ft. above the sea, one of the world's most majestic mountains, has a splendid retinue of noble peaks. Here, too, are stupendous glaciers far larger than the biggest “ice-rivers” of the Swiss Alps, and the way is easy to these huge courses of sparkling crystal. Everything in this bright realm of enchantment is on the gigantic scale : everything pleases; everything puts humanity on a high plane of exhilaration.
Full details from Offices and Agenoies.
Mt. Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Coy.