North - From Leamington Spa, Worcs.; UK appt. as District Engineer 18/9/1897; Engineering Dept., Executive Engineer 30/6/1898; District Engineer with Maintenance Division, resident at Voi but temporarily at Railhead around Kima 23/2/1899; Listed in Establishment Rolls under Engineering Dept. District Engineer 30/6/1899; Leave expired and did not return to EA, reported as having left Railway without permission 30/8/1899.

Mills Railway - 1899 - 30 July brought the rails to Nairobi and Whitehouse reported: "at the beginning of this month Mr Spooner, the District Engineer, returned from leave and resumed charge of the plate-laying division and it is due to his hard work that the record in plate-laying has been made during this month and the good work done by Mr Reynolds last month has been still further improved upon.