RAILWAYMEN SATISFIED.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 106, 3 May 1912, Page 8

RAILWAYMEN SATISFIED.

•WITH AUCKLAND MINISTER. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. Though reitera-tiufr the suggestion that [ the Hon. A. _\L. Myers is overburdened 1 with portfolios, the •".Railway .Review," I which i- the. official journa4 of the amalljgamated society of Railway Servants, I j representing nearly 7000 railway em- - ployee.-. express**- complete satisfaction > with the Auckland Minister as the head - of the Department. It says,: "Not the - lea_-t important result of the great politi- . chl content of last December has been the repln< i-ment of the Hon. •'. A. Millar 1 by the Hon. Arthur Myers as Minister . for R.iiU.i;-. What the effect of the [ change will It depend.- no doubt on the . ] event.-, ivhii-h will follow ibe opening of i i j Parliament ai tin , cud of .lime. If the ■ .Mackenzie Ministry fails to survive the ■ i-hiick nf a prompt novonlidetuo attack [ framed I>\ Mr. M.i.—oy. pos.-ibly parti.-i- ---• |i:ited ill l>y -iii•■ ii"Uil>cr> of the old ! l.il.er.il pari.v. tin- new Mini.-ter for lUil- . way.- will have to pack up his plane and • endeavour to iniiuciic" all adamant De- - partuieiu from thy outc-iile. instciid of from the jilai-e of iiilluenci , he now oc- ; <-upies. Hut two months at leac-t will ■ "la|>-e lief.ire tin.- contingency can arise, anil a brisk aid capable biit-iner-.< wan . at the head of the Railway Department , could do a great deal of good to the staff • and the public before his opportunity disappear.-.. Overwhelmed -with work. Mr. . .Millar nought refuge beneath the -wing of officialdom, which frequently went so far in it- impudence and independence .is to neglect the Minister's instructions. Now we turn over a new political leaf, but find I he page just as overcrowded. The new Minister has the best of intentions but he will be a marvel of perseverance and -t.-r.ni inindednesis if he .-arrie- them out loaded as he is with the iontrol of railway---, the compulsory military pen-ice -Vi-tcni .it its most critical Mace. and the respiin-ibility for the nominion", finan.-e. including control of the j prra:. Mate lending nllii-tvi and tile land | an.l income t.w iliMiiirimi-iit. The general secretary of Imp A.S.U.S. has been in touch \>i'h the new Minister, and i.-= favourable impic.--. , .! with hi- grasp of i the vnrio-.i. matters placed before him.! Mr. Myers lias adopted a new departure. ] I which the ,-o>tv i\ejVomet.--that of j J meeting the >n, iety's representatives in ' the presence of the gener.il manager and I other bilh nffie;- of the department. I This ennbir- the society to promptly j I hear the departmental point of view.! !ai;.l nip'-t the ilepnrtn'cnf a I arLiimcnte.! luhic'.i befoie vvrie pl.uod before the' I Mini-tcr without chance of correction. ! Ino matter how p:ir;i-ni or inaccurate I I they- h.ive been. We a. knnuledjre ■ I the -plendiil bit-in.-s- experience of the I new Minister for Riilw.iy-. We give! him credit for ::reit capacity, and we j can only hope :'iit -Irons pressure of | overwork will lint force him into the fatnl error of Vird rciiince r.n bureaucrats utterly out of p>-rnpathv with the department's employee* and it- customer.-."'