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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. Thomas Meachen

Mr. Thomas Meachen, Driver in Charge at Eastown, has been all his life employed on railway work. Born in 1855 in Norfolk, he commenced life as office boy on the Great Eastern Railway at Stratford, where he also worked for some time as a cleaner and fireman. Arriving at Lyttelton per ship “Appelles,” in 1874, he started as cleaner at Ashburton, was promoted fireman the following year, and driver when he was but twenty-one years old. After being stationed at Timaru, Christchurch, Invercargill, and Dunedin, Mr. Meachen was transferred to the Wanganui Section in 1889, and in March, 1895, he was promoted to his present position. As a Mason, he belongs to Lodge Tongariro, Wanganui; and as a Druid, to the Bishop Lodge.