An order for 3 diesel electric locomotives Model G 12 Clyde costing £A.240,000 was placed direct with the Clyde Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd., Australia, on 1st June, 1956. First and second progress claims amounting to £A.144,000 were paid before the end of the financial year.
In addition spare parts for the existing diesel electric loco- motives were ordered direct from Australia.
A trial order of 30 tons of foundry coke was placed in Japan but it was found that the quality of the coke was not very good and it was proposed to revert to ordering from the United Kingdom in future.
The total revenue realized from the sale of old locomotives, carriages, wagons, serviceable and unserviceable stores was $273,880.85.
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STAFF
The establishment of the Railway as at 31st March, 1957, was as follows:
115 Pensionable Officers
467 Non-pensionable Officers
78 Daily Rated Staff
660
This is a reduction of 11 from the previous year.
A total of nine officers retired during the year after serving the Railway for periods ranging from 6 to 30 years.
Transfer of certain categories of daily rated staff to monthly rates of pay as they became eligible continued, a total of 23 such transfers taking place during the year.
The staff English language evening classes, which were formed in 1954 in order to provide the junior staff with an opportunity to improve their English, continued to function satisfactorily throughout the year 1956/57 with a total enrolment of 37, viz:
Elementary standard Intermediate standard
20 students
17 students
The staff in general are to be congratulated on the high standard of efficiency displayed during the year.
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