AUCKLAND TO LOSE CHIEF POSTMASTER

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 591, 18 February 1929, Page 1

AUCKLAND TO LOSE CHIEF POSTMASTER

MR. W. J. GOW’S TRANSFER POSITION AT HEAD OFFICE The Chief Postmaster at Auckland, Mr. W. J. Gow, will leave Auckland on March 5 for Wellington, where he will take over an important position in the head office. It is not expected that Mr. Gow will return to Auckland again. Mr. G. McNamara, secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department, is leaving shortly to attend a conference in London. This will mean a reorganisation of the head office, and Mr. (Tow lias been appointed to the position of second assistant-secretary. His work in the head office is invaluable, and when Mr. McNamara re-

MR. W. J. GOW

ns from his tour abroad Mr. Gow , be appointed permanently to the office secretarial staff. •nr. Gow has occupied the position Postmaster at Auckland for nve ar *d a-half years. Before that he "as chief clerk here for a time. . * ie has had considerable experience ln administration work with th department. and is considered one of its aiost efficien t officers. He joined the Post and Telegraph department at; Oamaru at the age of L and in a comparatively short time - was transferred to the head office ia Wellington. Twenty- five years later he was appointed to Auckland as chief clerk, ns was recognised as one of the most Promising men in the department. In ~ 3 ~ 3 he was appointed to his present Position.

r - J- J. Kearney will over the Position of acting-Chief Postmaster Mr. Gow leaves for Wellington