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

The Song of Speed

The Song of Speed.

There may be differences of opinion concerning the economic importance of speed machines, but there is no doubt that speed helps to put a country “on the map.” The British speed records on land, sea, and air, have given prestige. Some fraction of this prestige may now pass to New Zealand, if “Wizard Smith” can beat, on a New Zealand beach, Sir Malcolm Campbell's motor car record.
Traffic And Locomotive Staff At Woodville In 1900. Front row; Messrs. F, Thomas, W. Wells, W, B. Harris. Second row: T. M. Brerman, T. Hutchins (junr,), W. P. L. Carter, G, S. J. Blackmore, A. J. Haslemore, S, Wood. Third row: J. A. Lloyd, R. Russell, E, G. Wilson, (S.M.), A. R. Williams. Back row: M. C. Stewart, G, Burns, W. Greig, W. Heard, H. Thomas, M. Travers, C, E. Stone, A. Hill, J, A. Vickers. A. L. Fraser, T. Hutchins (senr.), T. Hay.

Traffic And Locomotive Staff At Woodville In 1900.
Front row; Messrs. F, Thomas, W. Wells, W, B. Harris. Second row: T. M. Brerman, T. Hutchins (junr,), W. P. L. Carter, G, S. J. Blackmore, A. J. Haslemore, S, Wood. Third row: J. A. Lloyd, R. Russell, E, G. Wilson, (S.M.), A. R. Williams. Back row: M. C. Stewart, G, Burns, W. Greig, W. Heard, H. Thomas, M. Travers, C, E. Stone, A. Hill, J, A. Vickers. A. L. Fraser, T. Hutchins (senr.), T. Hay.

In this direction, a New Zealand pilot, a New Zealand chariot-course, and Sydney capital are co-operating—and presently, let us hope, it will be “hats off to the modern Ben Hur.” Meanwhile, a still older speed machine, the horse, is not forgotten, and the public mind finds something new in the proposed mission of the New Zealand-bred Phar Lap to Mexico.