CANADIAN PACIFIC

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 138, 7 December 1935, Page 11

CANADIAN PACIFIC

IMPORTANT STAFF CHANGES

The retirement of Colonel James Sclater, traffic manager of the Canadian Pacific system for Australia and New Zealand, to take effect on December 31, has been announced by Mr. George Stephen, vice-president for traffic. Colonel Sclater, who retires under the company's pension scheme, will be replaced by traffic representatives in Australia and New Zealand. Mr. N. R. McMorran has been appointed traffic agent for Australia with headquarters in Sydney, and Mr. A. W. Essex will represent the company in a similar capacity in New Zealand. His headquarters will be in Auckland.

Colonel Sclater closes a long connection with the Canadian Pacific marked by efficient and loyal service. He entered the company as a clerk in the passenger department at Vancouver in October, 1889. In 1905 he resigned from the company/ to enter private business, abandoning it later to enter the Canadian Expeditionary Force. During the war his services overseas earned him the rank of colonel. After returning, to Canada, he re-entered the Canadian Pacific service in 1920, as passenger representative at Sydney, New South Wales. He was promoted to the post from which he is now resigning in 1926. While in these positions he gained general respect and affection in Australia and New Zealand.

Mr. McMorran entered the company's service in 1911, as a clerk in the office of the general superintendent at Vancouver. His career was interrupted with enlistment for military service. He holds the Military Medal and other decorations. In 1919 he returned to the Canadian Pacific service in the office of the general passenger agent at Vancouver, and after serving as ticket clerk and travelling passenger agent w^3 transferred to Sydney, New South Wales, in 1924 as assistant to Colonel Sclater.

Mr. Essex entered the company's services in 1812, in the office of the operating department- at London, Ontario. With an interval of military service he has had continuous service with the company. Mr. Essex's service also" includes three years on the Atlantic steamships of the Canadian Pacific. He was appointed assistant to Colonel Sclater at Auckland in 1926.