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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 9 (January 1, 1928)

By Those Who Like Us

page 31

By Those Who Like Us

The following is a copy of the resolution forwarded to the Railway Board by Mr. J. S. Diekson, Chairman of the Railways Committee of the House of Representatives:— Resolved: That this Committee desires to record its great appreciation of the assistance rendered to the Committee by the members of the Railway Service representing their Department. And further desires that this resolution shall be recorded in the minutes of the Committee, and that the clerk be directed to prepare a copy to be forwarded to the Chairman of the Railway Board.

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The Secretary of the Temuka Branch, New Zealand Farmers' Union, has written to the Rt. Hon. the Minister of Railways in the following appreciative terms:— At the meeting of the Executive of this Branch, held recently, mention was made regarding the great improvement in recent years in the railway services, more particularly in the direction of the civility shown to the general public by the employees. I was directed to write you in congratulatory terms, that you might know that your work has been appreciated in this quarter.

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From Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd., Christchurch, to the District Traffic Manager, Christchurch:— We wish to express our appreciation of the assistance rendered to us by the Railway Department in Show Week. In our duties of supervising the transportation of the North Island stock exhibits to and from the Royal Show at this end we were greatly assisted by the attention received from both the transport office and Addington staff.

In connection with a school excursion run from Putaruru to Rotorua recently the Secretary of the Arapuni School Committee forwarded the following letter to the Stationmaster at Rotorua:— Dear Sir,—On behalf or the Arapuni School Committee I have to thank you for your untiring efforts to make our school excursion a success. We had a most enjoyable day, and all arrangements (made by you) were carried out without a hitch or accident of any kind. This trip constitutes probably a record in the way of excursions as we have not been able to rake up a single complaint. Again thanking you for your efforts on our behalf.

I remain, yours faithfully,


(Sgd.)

Robert McEwan.

(A letter in a similar strain was forwarded by Mr. McEwan to the Stationmaster at Putaruru.—Ed.)

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Tangible evidence of the benefit to be derived from the correspondence course of the Department's Training School at Wellington is contained in the following letter of appreciation from Gordon J. King, clerk, Timaru, to Mr. Bracefield, officer in charge of the school:— I have just received advice that I have passed the senior examination for Grade 7 members, and would like to thank yourself and staff of the Training School for the help given me through your correspondence course. I would not have had a possible hope of passing the examination had it not been through the knowledge received while doing the lessons. I would also like to thank you personally for the assistance given me when I was a student of the previous correspondence course issued from the Training School in Christchurch. I wish you the greatest success possible for your efforts on behalf of all members.