NEW RAILWAYS MANAGER.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20413, 7 December 1931, Page 13

NEW RAILWAYS MANAGER.

MR P. G. ROUSSELL. OTHER APPOINTMENTS MADE. (PR«S« 4880CIAT10* MLIOAAU.) WELLINGTON. December o. TJio Minister for Railways (the lit. Hon. G. ")V. Forbes) announces that Mr H. H. Sterling retires from the position of General Manager as from December 6th, and has been appointed chairman of the Railways Board from the same date, vice Colonel J. J. Esson, who has resigned. Mr P. G. Roussell, at present General Superintendent of 'Transport, has been appointed General Manager. The Board announces that Mr M. Dennchy, assistant general manager, who has retired on superannuation, will be succeeded by Mr G. IL.Mackley, chief clerk at the'railway head office. Tho Board has also made tho I°'" lowing appointments:— Mr E. Gasoy will be chief engineer, vice Mr Widdop, retired on superannuation. . Tho position of inspecting engineei in tho Civil Engineering branch. * present hold bv Mr JJertinshaw, will amalgamated "with the positiQii of - sistant chief engineer, lately occupied by Mr Davidson, retired on supeirannuation, and Mr Bertmshaw will be promoted to the office. . Afr IT W Beasley. district engineer, Wanganm. "'ill bo distnefc engineer at H i I' Smith, district engineer afc Ohakmie, will be district engineer Wellington. Mr P. H. Morey. district engineer at Invercargill, will bo district engineer /it DunedinMr H. C. Lusty, assistant district engineer at Christchurch, will be district engineer at Invercargill. Mr I, J. Howoll. assistant district engineer at Auckland, will he district eneineer at Wanganui. AJr J. Dow. assistant engineer at Auckland, will be district engineer at Ohakune. Mr 0. J. Poidge. to be assistant engineer at Christchurch. Mr G. M. Bock, first assistant engineer at Wellington will he assistant district engineer at Punodin. MR MACKLEY'S CAREER. ' (TRASS ASSOCIATIOH TKLESBAM.I WELLINGTON, December 5Mr' G. PL Mackley. tho new Assistant General Manager of Railways, joined the servieo as a cadet in the traffic office at Otautau. He was appointed station master at Heriot in 1913, and after holding similar appointments elsewhere, entered, it® Dis-

trict Traffic Manager's office in Wellington in 1920. He was chief clerk at Ohakune from 1926 to 1928, and was selected in 1928 -to bo chief in the head office in Wellington. M© has been engaged on special work for the Department in connexion with the Railway Appeal Board, and also upon staff establishment matters.