RAILWAY OFFICERS.
PRESENTATION TO MR M'VILLY. LATE MANAGER ANSWERS CRITICS. (Pee United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, July 12. On Saturday night the New Zealand Railway Officers’ Institute made a presentation to Mr R. W. M'Villy, late manager of the New Zealand Railways. Mr J. Robertson (president) said that Mr M'Villy had always been fair and impar tial in all his dealings with the Institute. In reply Mr M'Villy referred to the railway service to-day* which comprised 7000 miles of railway costing £40,000,000. Referring to his critics he said: “I do not mind being criticised for things I have been able to do but have not done, but when one is kicked, lied about and slandered for what one has not been ablo to do by those who have prevented him, that is when it hurts. I have always had the courage to do the right thing when permitted, and have tried to meet the staff fairly and squarely and to hold the scales with equal poise. I regret to say that I have on occasions had to refuse requests which I have not been permitted to grant.” Mr M'Villey was cheered to the echo and later on, with Mr C. Batten, who was for 21 years president of the Wellington branch, was made a life member.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19530, 13 July 1925, Page 8
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215RAILWAY OFFICERS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19530, 13 July 1925, Page 8
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