The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 5 (August 1, 1938)
Contents
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- Communication and Understanding
- Palette and Lyre — New Zealand's Achievement in Painting and Music — by O. N. Gillespie p. 9
- The Grog Schooner — by James Cowan p. 13
- Dream Places — by Victor S. Lloyd p. 14
- A Great Railway Event — Inauguration of the Wellington-Johnsonville Electric Train Service — Official Ceremony at Wellington Station p. 17
- Electric Multiple-Unit Passenger Coaches — … Pleasing Design p. 20
- Sub-Station and Overhead Equipment p. 21
- Our London Letter — An Interesting Passenger Unit — by Arthur L. Stead p. 25
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Explosions Amongst the Stars — by A. C. Gifford p. 28
- [section] p. 28
- What is a Star?
- The Sun
- Other Stars p. 29
- Novae
- The Frequency of Such Explosions p. 31
- What is a Nova?
- The Utter Inadequacy of Most Theories
- Bickerton's Explanation
- Partial Impact
- The Tragic Neglect of a Fertile Working Hypothesis
- The Star-Nebula Theory
- What Happens When Star Meets Star
- The Peculiarities of Different Novae
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New Zealand p. 35
- Lonely Houses — by A. Bower Poynter p. 35
- Colours
- The Seasons — by Jean Stevens
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The Sawmiller — by A. J. G. Schmitt p. 36
- [section] p. 36
- Chapter III
- Holidays in France — by F. A. Hornibrook p. 41
- Picturesque Railway Stamps — Some Interesting Issues p. 43
- The Magic Island — Chapter IV. — On The Island — by Nellie E. Donovan p. 47
- Words of Wheezedom — by Ken Alexander p. 50
- Among the Books — A Literary Page or Two — by Shibli Bagarag p. 54
- Our Women's Section — by Helen p. 57
- Remote Control of … — Substations on the Wellington Electrification p. 60
- Panorama of the Playground — Skiing In New Zealand — by W. F. Ingram p. 61
- Wit and Humour p. 63
- Variety in Brief