. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. .T. .\ssistanf .\[anaging Director. Metropolitan District Railway,London Electric Railway, City and South London London Railway, and the London General OmnibusCompany. .Mr. lilain was born at Li\erptK)l in 1S70, had a long assix^iation with transport, first with theLi\erpixtl Corporation Tramways, then as Tramways Managerto the West Ham Corporation, and since with the abo\econcerns. He is a Iast-President of the Municipal Tram-ways .Association, and founded the London SafetyFirst .Associatio
. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. .T. .\ssistanf .\[anaging Director. Metropolitan District Railway,London Electric Railway, City and South London London Railway, and the London General OmnibusCompany. .Mr. lilain was born at Li\erptK)l in 1S70, had a long assix^iation with transport, first with theLi\erpixtl Corporation Tramways, then as Tramways Managerto the West Ham Corporation, and since with the abo\econcerns. He is a Iast-President of the Municipal Tram-ways .Association, and founded the London SafetyFirst .Association and the ISritish Industrial SafetyFirst .Association, of which he is still Hon. is Hon. Secretary and Member of Council of the Instituteof Transport, and a Vice-Pn^iidcnt of the Industrial Leagueand Council. During the late War ho served on GovernmentCommittees dealing with transport. .Mr. lilain is theauthor of standard works, among which are OfficeOrganisation and Pitmans Secretaries Haudbook.(Photo: Indemopd & Viidemood) l8o Tl^WSPOKT SOTABLE LOSBOXERS. SIR IRANris i)\, Secrciary and Solicitor to the Noitli Ivastcni RailwayCompany. Sir Francis was educated at Rossall, and afterbeing admitted a solicitor joined the legal staff of theNorth liastern Railway Company in iHii. He was madeAssistant Solicitor in kjoo and appointed to the office ofSecretary to the company also in 1505. The following yearhe was given the post of Solicitor. In Iji, his serviceswere lent by the company to the Government, and he actedas temporary and additional Assistant Secretary to theBoard of Admiralty in ii)i7-iS. He accompanied theNaval Mission as Secretary, taken by Sir liric Cieddes toAmerica in I<)i8, and later bis services were lent againto the .Ministry of Transport, of which he became Secretaryand Solicitor. He is a , for \orkshire, and his chiefrecreations are hnnting and tennis, and his hobby is thebreeding of hunters. He is a Memlier of the Windham,Hurl
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