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Obituary

There died recently at New Plymouth. Mr. Frederick Moorhouse, formerly Conservator of Game for the New Zealand Tourist Department, a position from which he retired about twelve months ago. He was one of the original members of the staff of the Tourist Department, and was well known to all visiting fishermen and sportsmen.

Mr. Moorhouse was at one time in the railway service, having joined as a cadet, in Dunedin, in April, 1876. In January, 1878, he was Booking Clerk at Milton. For the benefit of his health he asked to be transferred to outside work, and was appointed porter at Dunedin on 1st November, 1878, and shunter on 1st April, 1881.

On 5th November, 1881, he resigned in order to visit England. He rejoined the service on 5th February, 1883, but only remained three months, when he resigned his position of shunter at Oamaru to accept employment elsewhere.

While at Dunedin he was employed for some time as pilot between Dunedin station and Anderson's Bay Road junction. At that time the trains of the Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway Company ran to and from Dunedin Station. Although block working was in operation between Dunedin and Caversham, all trains were worked by pilot on the jointly used track between Dunedin Station and the junction of the Company's line at Anderson's Bay Road.