The executive officers and members of the Railways Head Office gathered together recently to say farewell to Miss R. M. Tipling of the Head Office staff on the eye of her marriage to Mr. Keith G. Reid, also a member of the Head Office, and to extend to them both congratulations and best wishes.

In the course of a happy speech Mr. G. H. Mackley, General Manager of Railways, made reference to the fact that this was the first occasion in the history of the Head Office where two members of the staff were to be joined in matrimony. In congratulating them on their wise choice of partners, he remarked on the able assistance they had both given the Department and the efficient manner in which they had always carried out their duties. Mr. Mackley considered the future would hold for them many of the good things of life and expressed the wish that they might long be spared to one another to enjoy a wealth of happiness in their married life to which they looked with the enthusiasm and idealistic spirit of youth.

On behalf of the staff Mr. Mackley presented the happy pair with a choice selection of stainless cutlery and silver which he asked them to accept as an expression of the esteem in which they were held, and extended to them best wishes for their future happiness.

Mr. E. Casey, Assistant General Manager, paid a special tribute of personal thanks to Miss Tipling and Mr. Reid for the splendid service they had rendered to the Department and to himself in his official capacity, and to the whole-hearted manner in which they entered into every phase of social, charitable and departmental activities. He wished them much happiness throughout their married life.

Miss McQueen, speaking on behalf of the lady members of the Head Office staff, paid a tribute to Miss Tipling's willing assistance and extended to the prospective bridal couple every good wish for happiness in their new life.

Mr. Reid suitably responded on behalf of himself and Miss Tipling, and the singing of “For They are Jolly Good Fellows” brought a cordial and pleasant ceremony to a close.