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Mr. P. G. Rousell, General Manager.

Joining the Department in 1893, as a cadet at Auckland, Mr. Roussell was, during the next twelve years, located at various stations in the Auckland and Wanganui districts. Thereafter he filled successively the positions of Station-master at Turakina, Otahuhu, and Te Aroha, Assistant Relieving Officer in the Auckland district, and Stationmaster, Henderson. In 1916 he was taken into the District Traffic Manager's Office at Auckland. With a year's auditing to his credit, and experience of control work in all phases of District Office duties, he was fully qualified for appointment as Chief Clerk to the District Manager at Ohakune, in 1922. In 1924 he was promoted to the position of Chief Clerk at Head Office, Wellington, and in the beginning of 1925 was selected as secretary to the then newly-created Railway Board of Control. He became General Superintendent of Transportation on the retirement of the late Mr. A. K. Harris, and has held that position until the present time. Mr. Roussell's appointment is assured of the approval of both staff and public. He is among the best known and most trusted of New Zealand railway-men.

The following paragraph from the Magazine of June, 1926, in regard to Mr. Roussell, may still be quoted appropriately:-“A strong sense of right, a keen mind that sees all round a subject to its ultimate issues, and a safe instinct for doing the right thing unhesitatingly, are among the qualities which have helped him to win the unstinted confidence of all those engaged in, or concerned with, the railway service.”