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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 2 (June 1, 1933)

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The appointment of Mr. G. H. Mackley as General Manager of the New Zealand Railways in succession to the late Mr. P. G. Roussell, was announced recently by the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes. Since the death of Mr. Roussell some months ago, Mr. Mackley has been Acting-General Manager, and prior to that, from December, 1931, he occupied the position of Assistant General Manager.

Born at Port Chalmers in 1883, and educated at the Invercargill Grammar School, Mr. Mackley joined the Railways as a cadet in the traffic branch at Otautau, Southland, in 1900. He worked at various stations in the Southland and Otago districts until 1907, when he was appointed as a clerk in the Chrischurch goods department.

After being transferred on promotion to Petone station, and later to Invercargill goods department, he was appointed Assistant Relieving Officer and later (1913) stationmaster at Heriot. Subsequent to this he had five years as stationmaster at Kaikohe and Onerahi, and served as Assistant Relieving Officer in the Wellington district, being later promoted to the position of Divisional Clerk in the District Traffic Manager's Office at Wellington, where he then qualified as a Train-running Officer (1920–24), being later transferred to Ohakune. During part of this period he represented the Department before the Railway Appeal Board. He was Chief Clerk at Ohakune from 1925 to 1928, and was selected in September, 1928, to be Chief Clerk in the Head Office, Wellington.