A Fine Text

Speaking at the Railway Officers’ Institute reunion in Auckland, Mr. H. H. Sterling, General Manager of Railways, complimented the Institute on their breadth of outlook. He said that the words on the toast list concerning the Institute made one of the finest texts he knew of: “The Institute still maintains that dignity of outlook and responsibility which has characterised it from its inception; it recognises that the success of its membership is coincident with the progress of the railway service of New Zealand.

“I feel that if members of the Institute live up to that text, I, as General Manager, have a comparatively easy task before me,” Mr. Sterling said. “The Department then would give a measure of transport service satisfactory to the people owning the Railways and to do the management. I am glad to know that I have your confidence, and as far as I am able to come in contact with members of the staff they have all of mine.”