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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 2 (June 1, 1931)

The Life-Blood Of A Nation

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The Life-Blood Of A Nation.

Railways are the arteries that carry and circulate the life-blood of a nation and the publicity department was originally intended to give nourishment to this system and see that it did not become anæmic. When properly functioning the department ought to be compared with a great doctor attending to the nourishment and growth of the patient.—From the Indian Railway Magazine.

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Typical Scenes In The South Sea Islands. Top (left), The “Tin-can Mail” at Niuafou Island, letters from N.Z. being towed ashore in biscuit tins by Island swimmers; (right), Tongan Mystery Monument erected by a vanished race; (left centre), a typical Samoa village; (right centre), Tongan children who closely resemble their Maori cousins. Below (left), an island cutter within the reef at Suva; (right), a busy day on the wharf, at Suva.

Typical Scenes In The South Sea Islands.
Top (left), The “Tin-can Mail” at Niuafou Island, letters from N.Z. being towed ashore in biscuit tins by Island swimmers; (right), Tongan Mystery Monument erected by a vanished race; (left centre), a typical Samoa village; (right centre), Tongan children who closely resemble their Maori cousins. Below (left), an island cutter within the reef at Suva; (right), a busy day on the wharf, at Suva.

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