The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 4 (July 1, 1939)
Amusements
Amusements.
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(Rly. Publicity photo.)
First-class sleeping compartment complete with hand basin provided with hot and cold water, on one of the latest passenger cars in service on the New Zealand Railways.
The traveller might also spend a profitable evening by visiting the Gallery of Illustration, where he would see a “moving panorama”—“The Ocean Mail.”
The next pages of the “Miscellany” contained a story—“Don Savaedra De Escolar. A Tale of the Peninsula War,” founded on fact, by E. J. Brabazon. Then followed “Military Anecdotes,” from the notebook of Henry Curling. One of these stories was of General Picton, who, when mortally wounded, threatened to shoot the surgeon who attended him if he reported him as unfit for duty. The surgeon shrugged his shoulders, shook Picton's hand, and withdrew. So it came about that the gallant general died, as he had wished to do, amid the blaze of battle.