Mr. George Slater, who is a Director of the New Brighton Tramway Company, Limited, with which he has been connected since 1886, was born in Dunedin in 1863, and was educated in Wellington and Christchurch. He served his articles as a surveyor with Messrs. McIntyre and Lewis, became qualified in 1886, and joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Slater finds recreation in aquatics, and has been a member of the New Brighton Sailing Club since 1891, and captain since 1893. He was married in 1889 to a daughter of the late Mr. William Jones, of Christchurch, and has one daughter.