ENGINEER'S DEATH

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22099, 3 May 1935, Page 12

ENGINEER'S DEATH

MR. WILLIAM CUL.ILEN EX-GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION*] "WELLINGTON. Thursday The death has occurred of Mr. William Cullen, formerly chief Government inspector of machinery, chief surveyor of ships and chief examiner of engineers, at the age of M years. Mr, Cullen was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was educated at St. John's Grammar School, Hamilton, Scotland. He was apprenticed at the works of David Rowan, marine engineers, Glasgow, and from ISM to 15)00 was in the service of lihe Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. He then joined the service \o|i the Taranaki Producers' Freezing Company. In 1904 he was appointed a Government inspector of machinery and surveyor of ships, becoming senior officer at the head office in 1922 and chief of staff in 1924. He retired in 1929,

At a gathering in Wellington on tlie occasion of Mr. Gallon's retirement. Mr. G. C. Godfrey, then Secretory of the Marine Department, said the best testimony he could give regarding the value of Mr. Cullen's service to the department was that lie had remained on duty for throe years over the retiring age at the speaker's request. There was no more loyal servant of tlio department. He was leaving the service with a fine record. The Minister of Marine, tli? Hon. J. G. Cobbe, said Mr. Oullon wis n firstclass engineer, and he hud filled many appointments very efficiently:, He had worthily upheld his profession in the service of the Union Steam Ship Company, during 10 years of which he was chief engineer. Mr. Oullen bad joined the Marine Department's service as an inspector of machinery and had risen to the highest position be could attain in that service, in which ho had gained tho esteem and confidence of all.