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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 4 (August 1, 1929)

Retirement of Mr. I. Cameron

Retirement of Mr. I. Cameron

Mr. John Cameron, District Traffic Manager of Railways for the Wellington district retired last week on superannuation after completing 40 years in the service of the Department.

Mr Cameron joined the Railway service in 1889, and, after filling, with distinction, many important positions (including those of Assistant Traffic Manager at Auckland, and District Traffic Manager for the Ohakune Section), he was appointed to the high position which he recently vacated.

This country has been fortunate in the calibre of its chief departmental officers and Mr. Cameron may be added to the list of those men who, by their outstanding ability and unselfish devotion to duty, have written their names indelibly in the records of the various State Departments.

The position of District Traffic Manager in a centre such as Wellington is one of great responsibility which is ever increasing because of the revolution taking place in the transport world and the organising difficulties associated therewith.

Mr. Cameron gave much time and thought to the changing transport conditions of the times, and he was most successful in retaining and fostering new business for the Railways.

He was recognised throughout the Railway service as being right in the front as a transport officer, his technical knowledge and capacity in attention to detail being of quite an exceptional nature, whilst his relations with his large staff as well as with the public were always most cordial.

In the retirement of Mr. Cameron the Railway Department loses the services of one of its most efficient officers and his severance from the service will be keenly felt alike by the staff and by those members of the public with whom he came in contact.