RECORD OF SERVICE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 11

RECORD OF SERVICE.

" li : RAILWAYMAN TO RETIRE. I; , PRESENTATION' TO MR. MOORE.' ,| A record of 37 years' service with the : Railways Department is held by Mr. R. ' [iAuckland, who retired yesterday. A presentation from railway employees in the! .; station and yards was made to him. I j Beginning work with the railways as a j carpenter in the Petone workshops in J 1900. Mr. Moore was transferred in 1018 Jito Xewmarket. and five years after to I Auckland. In M2fi he spent ten months :'on the special task of inspecting and reporting on rolling stock throughout the j North and South Islands. The following jlAddington, and in 1030 he went to Otahuhu in the same capacity. During the when, as part of economy! 'man was eliminated. Mr. = Moore was transferred to Auckland as car andj wagon inspector. He has held that posi-j tion ever since. : Shortly after the year of the strike; !(1920), when Mr. Moore was a member ! of the executive council and vice-presi-l dent of the Society of Railways Ser-i vants. lie was appointed a member of I :the Wages Board, and was sent up to [investigate working conditions among railway worker*. Mr. Moore i« a vicepresident rif the Auckland Railways Bowling Association and a foundation ■ member. He is also a former captain of the Petone Rowing Club. He will ; jspend his retirement in Auckland. 1