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31: 68:) in September 1923 following a Royal Commission into operation of the railways and recommendations by the Executive Council, meeting in Launceston, which found that Smith was guilty of "negligence, incompetence and misbehavior" 19:(1868 – before 1960), sometimes written Wishart-Smith, was a railway executive in Western Australia and Railway Commissioner in Tasmania, from which service he was suspended after mounting costs and deteriorating patronage. 71:
In suing the Tasmanian Government for wrongful dismissal he demanded specific details on each of these allegations, but was met with a series of postponements and delays, during which, of course, Smith received no salary.
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when he married a daughter of A. Broadhead in 1894; they then left for Western Australia. He was accountant for the Midland Railway Company when he was appointed Assistant General Manager in 1898. He was living at
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George Clifton Smith (1894–1983) made headlines when his wife of four days deserted him. They divorced in 1923. He married Yvonne Wedlock in Sydney in 1930.
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He had been General Manager of the Midland Railway Company for 12 years when he was selected from 38 applicants to head the
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when he married Elizabeth Jane Lindsay, (adopted?) daughter of Alfred Broadhead, licensee of the Scarborough Hotel,
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Ian Wishart Smith (2 March 1913 – 1997) was a prominent golfer. He married Patricia Wilson on 29 December 1937.
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David Douglas Wishart-Smith (19 Nov 1897 – 1984) married Margaret Grace Murray on 16 April 1925
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Hector Archibald Wishart-Smith (1902–1966) married Edna Clarice Day on 10 February 1931.
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Smith was born in Scotland, a son of David Smith and Catherine Wishart.
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He was awarded the OBE in 1921 but was unable to attend the ceremony.
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Index

Caricature by David Low
South Clifton
Midland Junction
Justice of the Peace
Tasmanian Government Railways
Sir Walter Lee
South Clifton, New South Wales
Clifton
"Classified Advertising"
The West Australian
"The Day's Gossip"
"Commissioner of Railways"
Tasmanian News
"Distinguished Service Decorations"
The Mercury (Hobart)
"Suspension"
The World
"Ex-Commissioner of Railways Pending Suit Against Crown"
The Mercury
"Action Against Crown"
The Examiner (Tasmania)
"The Scrap Album"
Illawarra Mercury
"Four Days' Husband"
The News (Hobart)
"Saturday Night's Petersham Wedding"
"Family Notices"
The Advocate (Australia)
"Family Notices"
The West Australian

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