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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 12 (April 1, 1929)
Promotions Recorded During February
Promotions Recorded During February
Traffic and Stores Branches.
Clerks.
Clark, F. G., to Train Running Officer, Gr. 5, D.T.M.O., Christchurch.
Dickson, L., to Assistant Goods Clerk, Gr. 6, New Plymouth.
Fletcher, P. E., to Chief Clerk, Gr. 3, D.E.O., Invercargill.
Howard, C. C., to Train Running Officer, Gr. 5, D.T.M.O., Ohakune.
Shunter to Guard.
Harrison, T. H. A., to Guard, Dunedin Passenger.
Porters to Shunters.
Gaskin, J., to Shunter, Wellington Goods.
O'Man, L. M., to Shunter, Wellington Goods.
Storeman to Leading Storeman.
Phillip, A., to Leading Storeman, Stores Shippers, Wellington.
Labourers and Acting-Storemen to Storemen.
Bell, J. B., to Stores Shippers, Wellington.
Berry, G., to Storeman and Acting Overhead Crane Driver, Stores Shippers, Wellington.
Bold, C., to Storeman, Petone.
Brook, E. G., to Storeman, Addington.
Clapham, J. J., to Storeman, Petone.
Frampton, A. B., to Storeman, Invercargill.
Hart, P., to Storeman, Addington.
Llynn, D. A., to Storeman, Petone.
McBride, M., to Storeman, Greymouth.
McGreevy, J., to Stores, Westport.
McNaught, H. R. W., to Storeman, Stores Shippers, Wellington.
Millward, L. D., to Storeman, Eastown.
O'Halloran, C. G. R., to Storeman, Addington.
Powell, D. C., to Newmarket.
Race, G. L., to Storeman, Hillside.
Richardson, J. W., to Petone.
Ross, L. R., to Petone.
Ross, W., to Storeman, Hillside.
Rutherford, P. A., to Storeman, Newmarket.
Thompson, A. T., to Storeman, Newmarket.
Yearbury, S. L., to Storeman, Newmarket.
Young, W., to Petone.
Locomotive Branch.
Baird, G. E., to General Foreman, Gr. 2, Hillside.
Barnett, H. F., to Wagon Shop Foreman, Gr. 5, Lower Hutt.
Crawford, W. C. D., to Loco. Foreman, Gr. 3, Taihape.
Freeborn, W. G., to Boiler Foreman Inspector, Gr. 3, Lower Hutt.
Slowley, J. M., to Foreman Machine Shop, Gr. 3, Hillside.
Maintenance Branch.
Gangers to Inspectors of Permanent Way.
Bland, J., to Gr. 6, Rangiora.
Collett, A. G., to Gr. 6, Ashburton.
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Carelessness
A rather interesting article on the above subject, which has been extracted from a Safety publication, is given below:—
“I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world.
“I have destroyed more men than all the wars of the nations.
“I am more deadly than bullets, and I have wrecked more homes than the mightiest of siege guns.
“I steal millions of pounds each year.
“I spare no one, and I find my victims among the rich and poor alike, the young and old, the strong and weak. Widows and orphans know me.
“I loom up to such proportions that I cast my shadow over every field of labour, from the turning of the grindstone to the moving of every railway train.
“I massacre thousands upon thousands of wage earners a year.
“I lurk in unseen places and do most of my work silently. You are warned against me but you heed not.
“I am relentless.
“I am everywhere—in the house, on the streets, in the factory, at the railway crossings, and on the sea.
“I destroy, crush and maim; I give nothing, but take all.
“I am your worst enemy.
“I Am Carelessness.”
At Safety Committee Meetings
There must be freedom of discussion and evidence of integrity of purpose. There can be no successful safety meetings if a policy of repression or avoidance is in evidence as to matters which are proper subjects for discussion. Free exchange of opinion must be encouraged. Reports of the accidents of the previous month should be read and analysed.
The life-blood of the whole safety organisation flows out from these committee meetings. Their interest must be maintained if there is to be efficiency all along the line. Its members must be made to feel the weight of the responsibility which is their's; that, if they shirk that responsibility or fail to measure up to the demands of their high calling, if they are unwilling to be prophets of the new faith and to stand for a time as sentinels to point the way of safety, then they should make way for others who have a clearer vision, warmer hearts, and stronger and more willing hands for the work which is set before them.”
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