CO129-547-11 Water supply- shing Mun Valley waterworks scheme 19-2-1934 - 7-9-1934 — Page 21

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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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