POST AND TELEGRAPH CHANGES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9112, 3 April 1908, Page 2

POST AND TELEGRAPH CHANGES.

Press Association. SVellington, April 2. The following changes in the Post and Telegraph Department are announced by the PostmasterGeneral Mr J. L. H. Ledger, Assistant-Controller of Money Orders and Savings Bank and Assistant Accountant General Post Office, Wellington, to be Controller of Money Orders and Savings Banks and Accountant General Post Office, Wellington; Mr H. H. R. Huggins, first clerk and accounts clerk General Post Office, Wellington, to be Assistant Controller of Money Orders and Savings Banks and Assistant Accountant General Post Office, Wellington; Mr R. B. Morris, assistant postmaster, Wellington, to be Inspector of Savings Banks; Mr E. C. Gannaway, chief mail clerk, Wellington, to be assistant postmaster, Wellingtou; Mr A. Alexander, mailroom supervisor, Wellington, to be chief mail clerk, Wellington ; Mr W. Gee, accountant chief Post Office, Christchurch, to be ssistant Inspector of. Savings Banks; Mr H. A. Giller, second Money Order and Savings Bank clerk, Christchurch, to be accountant, Christchurch ; Mr A M, Jones, accountant, New Plymouth, to be second Money Order and Savings bank clerk, Christchurch; Mr A. J. W. Johnston, telegraphist,-New Plymouth, to be accountant, New Plymouth; Mr Ohegwidden, sectional accounts branch General Post Office, to be first clerk and accounts clerk General Post Office, Wellington; Mr R, Booth, senior check clerk, Auckland, to be assistant officer in charge of telegraph office, Nelson; Mr A. W. Oxley, postmsater, Milton, to be assistant officer-in-charge of telegraph office, Napier; Mr P. D. Maguire, telegraphist, Hawera, to be postmaster, Inglewood; Mr .H, Emmore, telegraphist, Masterton, to be senior clerk, Hawera; Mr H. G, Turner, second clerk, Thames, to be postmaster, Devonport; Mr_ M. B. Esson, telegraphist, Dannevirke, to be senior telegraphist, Thames; Mr E. Martin, telegraphist, Auckland, to be relieving postmaster, Auckland district; Mr C. Ansell, check clerk, Wanganui, to be senior telephone exchange clerk,. Auckland; Mr G. Ormsby, telegraphist, Christchurch, to be postmaster, Weber; Mr W. McHutcheson, chief postmaster, Timaru, to be promoted to chief postmaster, Invercargill, and Mr H. W. Capper, chief postmaster, Invercargill, to be transferred to Timaru, which office is also being raised in status; Mr' W. T. Ward, assistant postmaster, Dunedin, to be postmaster, Palmerston North; Mr S. Inder, postmaster, Palmerston North, to be postmaster, Masterton (the grade of the Masterton office has been raised); Mr T. Hester, postmaster-, Masterton, to be postmaster, Lichfield street, Christchurch ; Mr T. Wilson, postmaster, Lichfield street, to be postmaster, Sumner; Miss Stewart, post mistress, Sumner, to he relieving postmistress, Wellington district; Mr O. H. Burton, accountant chief post to he assistant postmaster, Dunedin; Mr F. S. Stokes, chief clerk, Invercargill, to be accountant chief post office, Dunedin; Mr O. J. Dale* second Money Order and Savings Bank clerk, Wellington, to be chief clerk, Invercargill; Mr Dale’s successor will he announced later. The Invercargill post office is raised to the first rank. The status of the Palmerston North post office has been raised under the new arrangement. Palmerston will bo a Savings Bank centre, enabling withdrawals to he made direct from that office.