M/3487
COPY.
8, Ord Street,
Messrs. Binnie, Deacon & Gourley, Artillery House, Artillery Row,
Victoria Street, Westminster S.W.1.
Aberdeen, Scotland.
1st August 1934.
Dear Sirs,
Cableway Driver
Hong Kong - Shing Mun Valley Waterworks.
I am in receipt of your letter of the
and accept the terms stated therein.
31st ultimo
I reply to the questions contained in your letter
as follows:-
Age
32 years.
Unmarried.
Experience.
21
Served apprenticeship with John Lewis & Sons Ltd., and
Jas. Abernethy & Co.Ltd., both of Aberdeen.
Turner and fitter.
Attended Engineering night school for seven years. Won
three bursaries.
Prior to going abroad I worked for the Rubislaw Granite Co.
Ltd. Aberdeeen, in their quarries.
While in U.S.A. was employed as follows:-
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway, on locomotive repair.
Detroit Edison Company on construction, installing turbines
and generators in their power plant.
Ford Motor Company on tool work and machine construction.
While there had good experience in all kinds of automatic
production machinery, air compressors, pumps and cranes.
Gained a good knowledge of all kinds of gearing, including
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