Honour for Former Railwayman.

Mr. R. W. McVilly, former General Manager of the New Zealand Railways, was honoured a few weeks ago by being elected first honorary life member of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association and President of that body during Centennial Year. As a council member of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association for five years I had the honour to serve under this grand old sportsman—if that expression may be used to describe a sportsman who will not grow old—and it gives me great pleasure to see that an honour richly earned has fallen to his lot. Members of the New Zealand Railway service know of Mr. McVilly as a former “chief,” and his work for sport is known in New Zealand and beyond. A stickler for the rules, at times considered too strict, he has played his part in the control of athletics and boxing in New Zealand but has never sought the limelight, and many a fine action by this sportsman has not been publicised.

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