THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10722, 10 February 1897, Page 2

THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT.

CHANGES IN THE SERVICE.

(Pa* United Pbkss association.)

Wellington, February 9.

: The following changes have been decided upon by the authorities of the Government :—

F. W. Maclean, resident engineer, Wellington, transferred to Auckland as district manager, vice A. V. Macdonald, who is to become locomotive engineer there in succession ,t° ,M r J??.*..^whoJs _to take up .the duties of relieving engineer. ~ T. A. Peterfcin, district^ manager;JWettport, is to come to Wellington to tskVup'the position of locomotive engineer, vice H. H. Jsekißß; who ;*ill succeed A. L. Beattie as locomotive -engineer on the Napier and- Taranaki section, Mr Beattie going to fill a similar position on the Hurunui-Bluff eectiou. ■ - . '.-.v.

H. A. J. Christophers, district manager, Nelson, is to hn-.-ve maintenance and locomotive engineer, on tha Midland and GreyBrunuer and Hokifeika section, and will be succeeded by Georjje Richardson, who has been relieving engineer for some years. ■';:'■ • ?• D- Harris, district manager, Kawakawa, is to be transferred to Westport, to take charge ot the maintenance »w3 locomotive departments tuere. . • .

v reb _,neri si-ationnjaater Westport, will be transferred to a simUarpbisition at theHluff, vice T. Hay-Mackenzie, who" will become BCationm*ster m charge of the traffic at Westport. __.■ .

H. B. Dohbie, di.trict manager, Whangarei k to exchange positions with A. Done™ » PiQton. .

f ?u ; I^, In", oßb' manager in charge Of the M.dland aud Grey-BrUnner and HoHtiki sections, is to be appointed district engineer of tbe Napier-Taranaki section, vice the late Mr Lawson.

v ?.• goods agent at Dunedin: is to be promoted" to be district trtffiS manager at Greypioutb, and D. Wallace, late traffic mauager. on the Midland line, will'SMeeed nim"-^'i . ... - ..;;

_ Messrs Macabdrew and Riehmond,-eUgineers are te be transferred from the Public Works departmßpt to the Bailway department. "