RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 104, 1 May 1920, Page 14

RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

{To the Eillio-.i Sir,— The reason of the bulk of the re- •'■ signfttiona from tlie Railway Department U the lack of consideration shown the men by the management I will g:ve you :in illustration, vliieh is a common one. A relative of mine is stationed lit Kranklon Junction, where the house he was living ill «ns sold over his head after being a tenant for three and α-half yeare. ]le lias found it impossible to get a house ut Hamilton, hut he owns a house in Auckland -which he can shift into at a week's l.oticc, and vet the Department cannot soe their way clear to transfer ;.;him to Auckland at his own expense, so •he oan occupy his own house. He has "■' been served with a notice that unless he . vacates the >.dusc within seven days, legal proceedings will be taken tj»r eviction. What remedy lias this railwayman got? The. only one" is to resign and sacrifice Pleven years of service, shift to Auckland to his own house, and look for work elsewhere, because he cannot afford to pay for board and lodgings for himself and family, on the wage that is paid to the railwayman at present. Why do -the Department not transfer the single .'men away from the cities to these places '"where the married men cannot procure '••'lioupes? If the Department would meet '.. these men in a fa:r way, and, where practicable, transfer them to where they own ".'.their own homes, the percentage of resign "■nations wonld be reduced. The Railway can ill afford to lose the service? '.'.of men with long years of training. This " is only one instance. I could quote another half-dozen cases if required, as I •am an ex-railway man with long years of service, and l" know -what 1 am writ-»-insr about from recent experiences.—l am, V.'etc, EX-RAILWAYMAX.