RAILWAY CADETS: RETURN OF DETAILS OF APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS MADE SINCE 1887.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, D-16

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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

RAILWAY CADETS: RETURN OF DETAILS OF APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS MADE SINCE 1887.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 3rd July, 1894. ■ Ordered, "That the Premier be requested to procure from the Railway Commissioners a return showing the number and names of all the cadets who have been appointed to the railway service since ' The Government Railways Act, 1887,' came into force ; and also whether those appointments and promotions have been made in accordance with the said Act."—(Mr. Mobeison.)

Names of all Cadets who have been appointed to the Railway Service since "The Government Railways Act, 1887," came into Operation. Total Number, 298.

Name. Name. Name. Name. Bright, A. E. Barclay, L. James, T. Kemp, J. Coop, H. Stephens, B. H. Bott, J. H. Gray, J. Moore, S. M. Cameron, J. Kingdon, G. H. Gayne, C. T. Mirams, H. F. Francis, G. L. Foote, T. W. Peacock, G. H. McFarlane, J. McLeod, N. Whitehouse, D. H. Brown, A. F. Brodie, L. G. S. Smith, A. P. Bush, H. B. Pearson, J. Petrie, J. P. Eidgley, W. W. Morgan, B. C. Denbv, H. H. Thiele, II. T. Scott, E. L. Beere, W. 0. Meek, B. A. Pownall, A. B. Sandford, T. H. West, H. P. Bridge, H. P. Hall, J. L. Phillips, F. W. Bowden, H. W. Marris, B. A. Jones, F. J. Mason, J. Noakes, H. L. Scott, A. G. Pickmere, A. G. Barnett, A. H. Young, A. E. M. Buchanan, J. C. McEachen, C. J. McGlashan, A. J. Martin, J. T. Widdop, J. E. Wright, S. Bridson, T. A. Truman, T. H. Peacock, G. Pedler, J. W. O'Halloran, E. J. D. Dobbs, A. Hill, J. B. Duncan, G. H. Chapman, H. Porter, J. H. Todd, G. H. Cowper, A. H. Eidlev, J. C. Connall, W. J. Lezard, E. J. Watkins, H. S. Lovegrove, B. Shrimpton, G. W. Hore, A. Wilson, J. M. Pasley, E. S. Neville, J. S. Smith, J. L. McCombs, C. F. Firman, A. E. McNicol, M. S, O'Shea, J. J. McGregor, D. Bobieson, C. B. C. Keeling, A. D. Hislop, J. Carson, F. G. Fynmore, C. L. Mason, W. L. Hume, J. Pavitt, J. T. Hillary, N. A. K. Peake, C. J. Tregurtha, W. T. I James, A. Fraser, H. Thode, A. E. F. Meggett, F. Parr, J. Stanaway, H. McPherson, J. G. Jeffreys, W. H. Bray, E. P. Miscall, E. Jeffries, A. Andrews, H. P. Milner, W. J. Edwards, G. G. Dickson, J. I Lawrie, B. : Williams, A. E. Eussell, K. Downes, L. S. Honan, F. Keary, G. Coldicutt, P. F. Shelton, G. W. Miller, J. Davison, S. Tapper, E. A. ; Chambers, K. J. O'Brien, J. M. Webb, S. J. O'Neill, J. White, J. H. Fogo, F. V. Hathaway, A. D. Brierly, S. A. Aitken, J. Mackenzie, J. A. Wray, W. G. ' Martin, W. H. Davidson, B. McFaiiane, T. Schofield, B. W. Bowling, W. Sutherland, B. Cunningham, P. J. Forde, M. J. Ahern, W. E. Gifford, W. H. Watt, G. J. Stephens, T. A. . Lowe, J. K. White, C. J. Finlayson, F. McGowan, W. S. W. Smith, H. D. Lynch, M. J. Mackenzie, W. E. H. Johnston, C. S. Smith, W. J. Gash, G. N. Miller, A. D. ,.■..• Duncan, J. C. West, F. W. Dunnett, W. J. Grant, A. C. V. Denby, G. P. Wiffen, A. E. A. ■ ■ Beekman, A. McGallan, W.7 v Donald, D. J. Pycroft, A. T. Hutchison, J. Fastier, A. Young, H. B. Hueston, W. J. Pickard, J. Applegarth, G. E.

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Names of all Cadets who have been appointed to the Railway Service, &c.— continued.

The appointments of these cadets have been made in accordance with " The Government Eailways Act, 1887," viz., to the lowest grade in the clerical branch of the service, and under the conditions set forth in the accompanying regulations and scale of pay. E. G. Pilcher, New Zealand Government Eailways, Head Office, Secretary. Wellington, 18th July, 1894.

Extract from Begulations of the New Zealand Bailway Commissioners and Scale of Pay for the Working-railways Staff. Begulations for Engagement and Pay of Persons entering the Eaihvay Service. 1. Application must be made by the candidate in his own handwriting, on the form to be obtained from the Bailway Commissioners, Wellington. Application must state the date of the candidate's birth, of which such proof must be given as the Commissioners require, and should be accompanied by certificates of educational attainment and of character. 2. When any candidate is selected by the Commissioners to fill any vacancy, he will be required, before being appointed, to furnish at his own cost a certificate by a duly-qualified medical practitioner that he is free from bodily and mental infirmity, and is physically able to perform the duties of the position he seeks. Candidates will be rejected if found physically or mentally unfit. 3. Applications must be addressed to the Bailway Commissioners, and will be recorded in the Bailway Commissioners' offices. When vacancies occur, candidates will be selected from among those applicants who are then within the prescribed age. The candidate with the best qualifications will be selected for the vacancy, and, if the qualifications of any number of candidates appear to be equal, the Commissioners may require the candidates to undergo a competitive examination in such subjects as may be prescribed, and the Commissioners may select the candidates in order of merit. 4. Selected candidates taken into the employment of the Commissioners will be taken on probation only (except apprentices) for the first three years of their service. They may be discharged at any time by a week's notice from any authorised officer of the Commissioners if they are found unsuitable. Upon completion of the three years' probation the Commissioners may discharge the candidate, or may appoint him permanently. 5. Increases in pay, and promotion, will in all cases depend upon good conduct and careful attention to duties, and are liable to be disallowed on account of insubordination, neglect, or incompetence.

Name. Name. Name. Name. Murray, W. A. Dawson, H. T. Hickson, J. M. J. Haldane, G. G. Clarke, E. Duncan, A. E. Walker, D. MeC. Drummond, G. Hawthorne, N. G. Drennan, W. J. Murchie, G. Ingleton, E. J. Bradbury, M. C. Boyce, T. E. Hannay, A. Veale, F. S. Dennehy, M. Bushill, W. Baillie, T. G. Ward, F. L. Parsons, F. C. A. Greatbatch, S. Cunningham, T. Poole, T. W. Kidd, E. Snow, T. Allison, L. C. Widdop, F. C. Bobinson, T. I. Malloch, E. T. Andrews, L. Francis, A. J. H. Eobertson, J. F. Gerard, C. H. E. Manning, W. Graham, J. Bowe, J. J. Morton, W. P. Easton, T. I. Buck, E. W. J. Fowler, J. Taylor, P. G. Morgan, B. Abbiss, W. E. Henderson, J. W. Stephens, G. F. Fowke, C. E. Chaplin, P. A. Turton, H. Gaw, S. J. Hutchins, E. Clarke, F. O'Neill, A. A. Woodward, E. L. G. Lowry, H. D. Bryant, G. T. Duncan, H. Mackellar, D. Hollow, E. C. Morgan, G. H. W. Stark, D. C. Blackmore, G. S. J. Evans, A. B. Benzoni, C. M. Gardner, H. H. Leach, J. D. Dansev, H. D. Gray, W. J. E. McNicol, W. Sturmer, J. H. von. Scott, D. F. Boswell, J. A. Waite, F. W. Dyer, W. B. Eumgay, J. Bead, C. T. Bourke, E. P. Gayne, A. E. Cameron, H. Hutt, G. L. A. Eobertson, G. Durkin, J. Kempthorne, W. 0. Ussher, E. N. Collins, B. T. Porteous, F. K. Maguiness, E. J. Penn, H. A. Eyan, C. P. Wallace, G. N. 'Sinclair, W. B. Fife, M. N. Kirk, H. B. Beid, J. Hartley, W. Clark, E. F. B. Toogood, G. Sword, B. E. Pringle, S. Kay, W. Lambert, J. B. de Esther, E. T. Aicken, T. L. Eoussell, P. G. Harrison, A. E. H. Ancell, M. C. Austin, S. P. Eickerby, J. G. Cameron, A. McG. Scott, E. D. Greig, G. Mackay, W. F. Gunn, J. T. Vollheide, H. A. Sigloy, E. Home, W. J. Grover, E. Fleming, H. de B. Nicholson, W. B. Jeffries, J. K. McAlister, W. C. Gillespie, J. E. Cowie, A. Beid, E. J. Burns, A. Delaney, F. M. Bodie, D. Will, A. J. Brown, J. Meek, J.

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6. The candidate must find such guarantee of fidelity as the Commissioners may require. 7. No person will be eligible as a Labourer or Platelayer who has not an education equal to the Third Standard of the Government schools, nor as a Porter, Shunter, or Cleaner who has not an education equal to the Fourth Standard of the Government schools, nor as a Cadet who has not passed an examination equivalent to the Sixth Standard of the Government schools. 8. Apprentices entering the Government Eailway-shops must not be under fourteen years or exceeding seventeen years of age last birthday. The apprenticeship will not run after the apprentice is twenty-one years old. The apprentice shall be indentured to such railway officer as the Commissioners direct, and the indentures will be transferred to such other officer as the Commissioners direct if the Commissioners remove the master during the currency of such indentures. Cadets. Age not to be under fourteen or over seventeen years last birthday. They will be paid,— First year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £30. Second year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £50. Third year ... £80. Fourth year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £95. Fifth year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £110.

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