THE NEW RAILWAYS MANAGER.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14983, 2 June 1914, Page 4

THE NEW RAILWAYS MANAGER.

HIGH PRAISE FOR MR HILEY

j (SPECIAI- *_l "THI PRESS.'*) j WELLINGTON, Jun. 1. f Tho "Railway Review" states that tho Railways Department broke a cast-iron precedent recently which will earn for it the gratitude of the whole service. Two employees committed, a breach of tho train-running regulations, for which the invariable penalty in the past ha_ been dismissal. In this case the men, both of whom- had excellent records, admitted their fault and asked for another chance It was shown that there had been no risk of damage to life and property. After consideration by the general manager, the usual penalty of dismissal was waived, and the men were disrated for • / eighteen \ months, "They go back to work," the | "Review" remarks, "heartened by this lenient treatment, and every man in tho railway service will also take courage from this experience, which shows that a good record is of value in a crisis, and that tha Department is not in future going to sacrifice promising men just because it was always the custom to do so under similar circum--stances. Mr Hiley appears to be a thorough railway man, capable of taking a courageous and enlightened course, when his railway instinct prompts him."