RAILWAYMEN'S SOCIAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10903, 21 October 1911, Page 1

RAILWAYMEN'S SOCIAL.

| i hm-.-.k.vt.xtjox to :\ii; .ja'~. ca.p.t----j WIMCiIT. j A .--iif ::il h.'i'l 1111 fl:■ r tin- auspices <••!' I ! ii. • !•)>■:;! j-j!i 1 v. - ;; v employe es la.-t t vening | ' TV. "I i: t v." <j i: >!' 1 pll j"] j-. )«i io permit (>1 j :: prt-seii tat ion bring made In Ml' J:is, C.sri v.-riglit: who is retiring on superannuation. ;• n'i ii> marl: the re-opening Di t(i<- i:iiil on its now si;e op-P'l-i'.t- the pas*eiig«.*r station in 1 lumber I-L'l't. Mr .J. M'Xab. chairman of tho Social Committee, presided, sutrl there was ail attendance of about .j". Officials pre-sent-included Mr I*. A. Duncan (stationmaster), W. 11. Westphal (inspector <if permanent ways), and Drown (loco, toreman). .At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr Duncan presented Mr Cartwright, oil behalf of his fellow-employee.s. with a handsome easy chair. Mr Duncan mentioned th:J; Mr .Cartwright joined the service on 27th May. 1881, and was probably the oldest traffic man in the Nortli. Otago district from a service viewpoint. Prior to joining the Now Zeiland service he had obtained railway experienco in Glasgow- He vias a man Who Vas- respected by all, and i: was liis credi.t-- that during his 32 years' "se'rv-ice Jie had never Ticen fined or called to account •" by - the Department. Mr Duncan mentioned- that it - was the - ia-tc-ntiori also to make a small presentation' to Mrs Cartwright, which would be done at a later date. ' He wished. Mr -and Mrs Cartwright many. years of happiness. '• • : -Messrs~Westphal, Brown, and several otlier speakers testified to Mr Cartw'riglic's ' dxc'elleiit qualities as .- 'a railway 'employee." ' "... , - Sir Cartwright expressed his thinks feelingly for the kind wishes that had been" expressed and also for the present, "all"of- which'lie valued;, very much • indeed. He would, he said, never forget his' association with the railway men of Oamaru.

Proposing, the toast of tlie management, Mr i'uttiek referred to the generous' treatment meted out by the Department in the matter of the-removal o£ tlie hall and the furnishing of same, particularly mentioning the good work performed by Messrs .Kane aid Westphal. He"also eulogised the kind ojficcs of' Messrs MacandreW (district engineer) and -Piper (district traffic manaThe toast was responded to by Messrs Duncan and Westpnal. Mr D. M. Mathicsou proposed "Tlie Railway Orchestra," emphasising 'che marked improvement shown daring the last few weeks under Mr Abbott's tuition; Mr - Matheson bespoke for the orchestra a fuller measure of support. •In-the absence-'of Mr. Abbott, i\lr Skinner'responded. . - ; Harinony whs contributed by Messrs J. Smi:h, Mount ford, King, Familton, Roxburgh, Robertson, and Duncan. Selectious by the railway, orchestra were greatly appreciated. . ....