Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. George James Walsh, the Stationmaster in charge of Aramoho Junction Railway Station, was born in 1868 at Lyttelton. Educated at the public school, he joined the service as a cadet in his native place in January, 1883. Mr. Walsh made rapid progress, being the first out of a dozen lads to learn to manipulate the telegraph. About a month after joining he was transferred to Leeston as telegraphist, and subsequently he was stationed at St. Andrews, Hinds, Waitaki, Oxford, and Lyttelton. When but twenty-one years of age Mr. Walsh was appointed stationmaster at Cust, where he remained five-and-a-half years, being transferred to the position he now holds in June, 1895. As a member of the craft, he is attached to Lodge Ashley, No. 28, E.C. An enthusiastic athlete, he rows, plays lawn tennis, lacrosse, and cricket, and fills the dual position of secretary and treasurer to the Aramoho branch of the Union Boating Club and the Aramoho Cricket Club.