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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 2 (June 1, 1929.)

Promotions Recorded During May

page 62

Promotions Recorded During May

Traffic And Stores Branches.

Aickin, F. W., to Assistant Law Officer, Gr. II., Head Office, Wellington.

Barnes, C. E., to Business Agent, Gr. III., Dunedin.

Boesley, G. H. J., to Station Clerk, Gr. VI., Hawera.

Foster, G. C., to Ticket Inspector, Gr. V., Frankton.

Martin, R. R., to Assistant Relieving Officer, Gr. VI., Wellington.

O'Shaughnessy, W. F., to Train Running Officer, Gr. V., Ohakune.

Pringle, J., to Business Agent, Gr. III., Wanganui.

Slowley, J. M., to Machine Shop Foreman, Gr. III., Hillside.

Stanley, V. R. J., to Business Agent, Gr. III., Head Office, Wellington.

White, N. E., to Chief Clerk, Gr. IV., Workshops Manager's Office, Addington.

Wilson, C. G., to Assistant District Engineer, Gr. I., Dunedin.

Shunter to Guards.

Prosser, J., to Christchurch Passenger.

Porters to Shunters.

Bone, J. T., to Christchurch Goods.

Dobson, A. K., to Christchurch Goods.

Hurndell, A. W., to Oamaru.

Willyams, A. L. M., to Addington.

Wilson, J. H. C., to Lyttelton.

Maintenance Branch.

Gangers to Gangers Sub-Class 10.

King, J., to Greymouth.

Moloney, D., to Westport.

Williams, J. G., to Arthur's Pass.

Labourer to Skilled Labourer.

Rudd, L. A., to Otahuhu.

Striker to Signal Adjuster.

Wills, T. H., to Dunedin.

Labourer to Bridgeman.

Hall, A. C., to Gisborne.

Coalman to Lifter.

Korner, A., to Oamaru.

Suggestion and Innventions.

Commendations.

Tablet Porter.—Suggestion re issuing circular memoranda in order to obviate trains stopping at tablet stations specially for this purpose.

Monetary Awards.

Brown, P. S., Labourer, Loco. Running Shed, Auckland.—Awarded bonus of £2 for his suggestion re improved slip-rail in Auckland Running Shed.

Stephens, P. W., Lifter, Addington.—Awarded bonus of £1 for his suggestion re draw-bar spanner.

Taylor, J. W., Leading Lifter, Westport.—Awarded bonus of £2 for suggestion re improved safety cap for hand brakes on wagons.

Crashing Into Trains.

The American Railway Association recently announced that more than 20 per cent. of the accidents at highway grade crossings in 1927 resulted from operators of passenger automobiles, motor buses and motor trucks crashing into the sides of trains (says an American exchange).

Of the 5,596 highway grade crossing accidents that took place in 1927, reports just received from the railroads show that 1,148 accidents resulted from such a cause, with 244 persons being killed and 1,636 injured.

This was an increase of 66 over the number of such accidents in 1926 in which year 225 persons were killed and 1,586 injured as a result of automobiles running into the sides of trains.