RAILWAY PROMOTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1685, 27 February 1913, Page 4

RAILWAY PROMOTIONS.

CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER ; IiLTIIiIXG. It was announced yesterday by tho Hon. W. 11. Herries (Minister for'Kailways) that Mr, A, L. Beattie ■' .(chief k mechanical engineer of the New Zealand railways), ivlio retires on March 31, will be succeedcd by; Mr. 11. 11. Jackson, now locomotive engineer at Addington. Mr. G. A. Pearson, now locomotive engineer nt Petonc, will becooio locomotive, ,• engineer at Addington. i . : ; >lr. G. E. lijchaidson, locomotive engi- ■; necr at Ncniua'ikot, becomes locomotive ■ engineer at-Petonc.' : Sir. F. T. Murisoii, locomotive engineer in the .chid mechanical engineer's. office^. ■ goes to Newmarket as locomotive. engi-. ! ncer." '' Mr. S. P. Evans, workshops manager at s Addington, will become locomotive engi- ■ ncer m"the chief mechanical engineers cilice. ? ■■ . . ; Mr. Cr T. Barglv inspector of locomotive, construction'at the Thames, will go ;to Addington as workshops Imanager. Mr.E, E, Carew, leading: fitter; goes to i the i Thames as inspector.. Of- locomotivo , construction. Mr. A." Li Beattie; .whjy. issjibout; to retire, on pension, from the. position *of ". chief mechanical .engineer '' to" the New Zealand Government railways, 'was bom 111 Yorkshire in Jalijiai'jylfcil :He served an apprenticesliip at the 'railfray..foundry in Leeds, subsequently becoming draughtsman ana assistant works .mMiager.. Mr. i Beattie came to New ; Zealand;, in .1877, brid joined the railways in Duncbiri,' becoming ;; assistant engineer for the' Otsgo railways. Muring l lßßo Mr,- Beattie'was stationed at ■■ liiycrcargill in charge .of the locomotive,, branch, from Clinton. to Kingston. From the'beginning, of 1881 -to 1885 he was manager of the Hillside Hallway Workshops, ,■ 'Dunedin. Early.in 1885 Jjlrifßeattie was appointed lceoniotivc «ngii«ir atiWwga-..-nui fort'.the, Foxton-New Rytoouth seo- ; tion, Wellington and Napier districts being afterwards, added to his charge. In the'beginning Of 1837-Mr. Beattie was ttpfoinled locomotive , engineer for the South eland.main'line and branches. On tliei ; retirement of the late Mr. T. F. Rotheram early in "1900, Mr. Beattie'was appointed' .'chief -mechanical engineer pi the NewZealand ; railways,".which; nosjtioii lie hak ' held up. to the present tim<!,' thus completing nearly 30 years' Eerv;'.ee : witli: th 6. ' Government! ■ j 4 '. 1 "I ' ; ' On account of the state oii Mrs. Bcattio's health,' it is Mr;, Beattie's intention. • to .spend .'.the forthcoming .'winter an v Qutensland:''.' , Aflerira)rds he proposes- to, return'.to New, Zealalid and take up his residence' in' HajrkeV flan where, his soa •. '■ is sncejvfarming,' f: "'■ ' ■• ; r> Mr. Beattie's successor... Mr. H." H. Vi Jackson, who'succeeded'Mr. Beattie .-.in 1 800 "as locomotiVo. engineer for, the South Island main lino and :br«nchejv was born , in Auckland, being a son of -|Ir. Samuel Jackson, of the well-known ligtil firm of -Jackton and' Russell.' -Mr. Jiickson held,' , '.the' position of district locoijiotive engi- ; neer on several .sections .of the • New ZenA land railways before lie was appointed to take .charge .of. the ijouth Island main linealul.brariohcs;- Mr., Jackson lws been. > in the service of thoi Ncv* Zenland .Government railways for-.hcarly .38 yeirs,: ' ■'