Railway Advertised By Radio.
Catching Opportunity by the Fore-lock.

Mr. A. McNeil, Business Agent in charge of the Railway Bureau at Logan Park, has made valuable use of the radio installation in the Exhibition Station to broadcast the news of what the Railways are doing to facilitate travel. In a recent talk he told about the happy combination of rail, motor, and lake steamer trips arranged at specially low fares this season for visitors to the Southern Lakes, and of the numbers, running into thousands, who have already taken advantage of them.

Mr. McNeil also gave a striking summary of the variety and magnitude of Railway operations, and drew particular attention to the way in which passengers to the Exhibition were catered for by through booking between the Islands, early reservation of seats and berths, and excursion rates for as long as the Exhibition lasts.

After alluding to the advantages of the new kinds of concession tickets, especially the “family” and “trip-bearer” types, the great influx of visitors to Dunedin, and the beauty of the Southern Lakes district, Mr. McNeil said, “The travel habit has set in, and it is obvious that New Zealanders, as well as others, are realising the wonderful asset the Dominion has in its scenic resorts. The Railway Department is assisting to foster tourist traffic, and is doing all that is possible to place the various resorts within reach of the people. ‘See New Zealand First’ is the worth-while slogan.”

New Zealand Again On Top.
Rhodes Scholars.

As was announced in connection with the last election, the Dominion is henceforth to choose two Rhodes Scholars annually. This decision was conveyed to the University of New Zealand in a cablegram from London recently. In writing more fully to the Registrar on the matter, the secretary of the Rhodes Trust states that the trustees have long felt the urgency of the claim of New Zealand to an additional scholarship. As will be seen from the figures which will be published in the new edition of “Oxford of To-day,” which is now in the press, New Zealand stands at the head of the record of Rhodes scholars from the Dominions. The trustees are confident that New Zealand will be able to send two scholars in future with the same intellectual, moral, and physical qualities as she has sent in the past, and that her scholars will continue to be what they have been—a credit both to New Zealand and to the Empire.

Success Habits.

Success is a combination of good habits.

Never be too busy to be polite.

Learn to control your tongue and your temper.

Dare to be original.

Keep in tune with your occupation in life.

Never stifle your conscience.

Never mix personalities with a business proposition.

Work in harmony with your associates.

Look forward not backward.

Station Gardens Competition.

For some can pot begonias,

And some can bud a rose,

And some are hardly fit to trust with anything that grows.—Kipling.

The judging in the competition for the silver cup given by the Otago Women's Club for the best kept Railway station garden in the Otago district resulted as follows:—

Nine stations altogether competed for this cup. Lady Fergusson, President of the Club, in writing to the Minister of Railways, expressed the Committee's great pleasure with the beautifying results achieved and with the interest manifested by the various station-masters and others concerned.

We heartily congratulate Burnside on its distinction.

The cultivation of such gardens by the staff has much to commend it both aesthetically and from the “better service” aspect. We trust that other districts will emulate the splendid work of Otago in this direction.