In pursuanee of the Railway Department's policy regarding Instruction Classes for Apprentices employed at Railway Workshops, a commencement was made on 26th July of what is probably the first apprentice class to start under the Department's scheme. The members of the first class to start at 8 a.m. on 26th July were Apprentices C. A. McDowell, R. F. Marriott, J. F. Olsen, A. E. Davies and B. T. Maedonald. Mr. D. J. Sherriff is Apprentice Instructor and the classes are being held in the meantime in the Hillside Railway Social Hall. All the apprentices are eager to learn and appreciate the Department's effort to improve their knowledge. The scheme promises to be of great future benefit, both to the lads who are being taught a trade and to the Department which will reap the reward of more efficient service.