Obituary

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 42, 2 May 1930, Page 2

Obituary

L_ASTENERS who have appreciated the various relay broadcasts which have taken place in the past will learn with regret of the death on April 23 of Mr, James McIntosh, a very well-known and universally respected officer of the Post and Telegraph Department. Apart from his ordinary duties, Mr. McIntosh was in charge of all relay lines, and every listener in New Zealand can testify to the efficiency with which he discharged this’ important duty. Mr. McIntosh was also a controlling : officer of the telephone branch in Wel-. lington, and as such, it is safe to say, was known to practically every business man in the: city. -His knowledge of the Wellington teiephone system and its ramifications was unique, for for that reason his services and advice were continually sought by endless telephone subscribers. His duties took him. everywhere-into the exclusive precincts of Parliamentary Buildings, beyond the barriers erected around H.M. warships, into the business manager’s private office, into the individual subseriber’s home-and in all cases his genial personality, his ability, and his energy were’ both a password and a welcome. The telephone public of Wellington have lost a good friend and the Post and Telegraph Department a type of officer whom it will be difficult to replace. , Mr. McIntosh was 52 years of age, and had twenty-nine years of service in the Post and Telegraph Department. He leaves .a widow and two sons to mourn his loss,