Thomas Ronayne

Thomas Ronayne ISO (1849 – 7 September 1925) was a New Zealand public servant involved in railway management.

He was a member of the New Zealand Railways Board, and was accidentally killed while inspecting the Clydevale mine near Westport on the West Coast.

[1] He was succeeded as general manager by Ernest Hiley in September 1913,[3] and was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order in the 1914 King's Birthday Honours.

[4] Following World War I, Ronayne served as a director of a number of small coal-mining companies on the West Coast.

They travelled in one of the tubs of the aerial tramway, and heavy rain started; Ronayne covered his head with a sack, despite warnings from the mine manager.