THE McCULLOUGH CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 251, 21 October 1907, Page 6

THE McCULLOUGH CASE.

AUCKLAND RAILWAY MEN'S VIEW. The dismissal of Mr. McCullough came up for consideration at a -meeting of the Auckland branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, held on Saturday night. Several speakers expressed the opinion that as the Civil servants pah s , rates and taxes the same as other raembers of the community, .they should also have equal civil and political rights. Finally, the following resolution was adopted:—"That the Government be urged to give all members of the Civil and Railway Services full civil and political rights." ADDRESS BY MR. McCULLOUGH. (By Telegraph.—l'ress __ssociauo_.) CHKISTCHUKCH, Sunday. Mr. J. A. McCullough addressed his first public meeting since his suspension froni the railway service in the Square this afternoon. About 500 persons were present, and Mr. McCullough spoke for about an hour. He strongly urged the emancipation of all Civil servants from the restrictions placed on them by the existing regulation under which he had been dismissed. He said he did not want the sympathy of the public for himself, but wanted assistance in freeing 20,000 public servants, who, under the present conditions, were only serfs. He had been offered work by a private employer, which would bring in more than he had been receiving from the railway service. He moved a resolution similar in effect to the one which led to his suspension, and it was carried. The speaker was frequently applauded, and the proceedings were orderly.