RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD
SITTING IN DUNEDIN. Dominion Special. Dunedin, December 4. The Dunedin sittings of the Railway Appeal Board were continued yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., Frederick James Raines applied against his supersession by A. W. Wellsted who was promoted to business in grade 4. Appellant is a clerk in the district traffic managers office at Dunedin. .. x • x * m Hector Porteous West, district traffic manager at Dunedin, said that appellant had a defect in vision and had no experience as a business agent. Air. Wellsted was the more suitable man for the position. He had natural gifts. To Mr. Hampton (appellant s advocate) witness said that appellant had always given the utmost satisfaction in his work on the traffic side. Daniel Rodie, commercial manager for railways also gave evidence on behalf of appellant. Mr Hampton called Albert Ernest Firman, stationmaster at Timaru, who said that appellant was a capable officer. There was no reason why appellant could not fill a nosition as business agent. At this stage the board adjourned til! 10 a.m. on Monday.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 61, 6 December 1926, Page 8
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