"A" SHED AGAIN.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13332, 26 January 1909, Page 9

"A" SHED AGAIN.

TO THE EDITOR OP ****_X PRESS." Sit, —There having been a considerable amount of criticism with regard to the management of the a_ove shed, also of the different departments of tho railway, it seoms as if an alteration is needed- for the greater convenience of the carters, delivering goods at 12 noon each day, by which time aH shipping freight is -Jbligod to be there. On most days there are only two men to assist in Wheeling the goods from the vans of the different carters, often cnaising the carters themselves' to have to leave thei* - expresses and wheel tho goods. themselves, thus causing a loss to the employer. On Saturday last theTo were seventeen carts waiting to unload, with shipping measuring from three to ten tons, and in many instances the amount reoeived for such cartage would be Is.

Tlie last cart did not get away until 1 p.m. If two of tho New Zealand Express Company men had not given tho four railway employees a hand, the time would have been much longer for the men to wait. It really needs. 6ix gocd men to wheel tho trucks on Wednesdays and Saturdays, when there are several boats taking caTgo for various porta. Out of fairness to the employers,! -think this matter sihould be looked into.—Yours, etc., W. W. P. SCARFF, President Drivers' Union.