Applause may be directed toward the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre and to Kiwirail/Ontrack/Toll and other incarnations of our fine old railway entity for providing material. I'm not sure how many of these old NZ Railways Magazine's are digitised but there seems to be an interesting smattering of stuff from the 20's and 30's if that's what you're into.
Back to the Railways Mag for a second. For the electrified Wellingtonians among us, may I present a fresh Ed
And to finish, some spritely humour from the dark days of 1940:
It was the final of the local cup tie and feeling ran high among the spectators. One of the home team supporters was continually drawing the referee's attention to infringements of the rules apparently committed by the visitors, but the ref. wasn't having any. Finally, in the middle of the second half, when the noisy spectator had almost made himself speechless with his shouts of “Foul!” a train on the railway about a hundred yards away whistled loudly. “There you are, ref.,” shouted the man excitedly. “Even the driver saw that one!”
Long-winded Lecturer: “If I have talked too long it's because I haven't my watch with me, and there's no clock in this hall.” Voice from audience: “There's a calendar behind you.”
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Yeah, the NZETC completed this project about 2 years ago. It's funny how we assume everyone's up with the play, so to speak. If I'd known there was an interest, I would have posted the url ages ago.
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