RAILWAY CRISIS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18051, 17 April 1924, Page 11

RAILWAY CRISIS.

(COXM» UD r" N ot final Word. ■ i of the A.S.R.S- are inS°f fbe .reticent concerning the clined to nf Cabinet. They are of the on rt.t it w not the, Government s > ion Hon the question and there be a chance of negotiating Question of wages alone. * increased Goods Traffic. , .r, strike have been increase, h f in the railway goods traft#» Pl a ? he railway officials are in * "lice experiencing a busy time, larger than could he ac*3 Ar by the approach of Easter, - ods of all descrj P tIOM"kWbW Union's Sympathy. ~ tbc special summoned general nf the Christehurch Branch or f Maoated Engineering Union, *, oSesdav night to consider the forward by the employers Jfnew award, the following motion yjs azreed to : «mt this meeting congratulates • a CRS on the stand taken by " & to obtain a reasonable wage ' ffwrking hours, and we assure them that every assistance will be s+«wied to them in their endeavour fSJn the status of labour in ,\eff Zealand.'' PERISHABLE GOODS. SAFEGUARDING THE DEPART- j MENT'S RIGHTS (PRESS ASSOCIATION TBLEGHAM.) WELLINGTON, April 16. Be following by-law under the Government Railways Act has been gazetteJ—Friiit, vegetables, fish, meat, and wntofc-aad other perishable articles, shall be carried only at the risk of the eoniignor. Any such goods, (a) if not taken away within six hours after arrira|at a station to which they are eonsigsed, or (b) insufficiently addressed, or k) not delivered in consequence of li 0( or strike, or other labour disturbance may be forthwith sold by auction ot ' otherwise, without notica to the setder or consignee, and payment or •ender of the net proceeds of any such isle/ aftef deduction- of freight eliarges and expenses, shall be equiviJent to delivery. Enquiries were made whether tne k-law has any reference to the present situation in. the Kailway Service. Tho Official of the Department to whom the' matter' was referred was not prepared to say whether this, was the case or not. The by-law; he said, had been drafted in order to safeguard the Department's rights and protect the interests of its customers. Sometimes perißhable goods were left on the Department's hands, and iii such cases the Department thought it justified in soiling them-in the interests of the owners. The by-law was intended to make'the-position clear and obviate disputes in case it became necessary to sell goods in the circumstances set out.

DEPARTMENT'S PAMPHLET.

JIARTON'S REJOINDER. ■PP.EoS ASSOCIATION' TSLEORAM.) MARTON, April 16. Tiie railwaymen resolved: "That this large"and representative meeting of Second Ditjision employees express its intefie resentment''at the action of the Deportment, in adopting the questionable methods of propaganda and circulating the same in the form of official ljamphlets of a misleading character, and in which political issues are raised. Suchaction can only serve to prove the weakness of the Department's case. The revulsion of feeling engendered by the issue at. the hands of the official "brass hats" of the" said pamphlet can °nly react to the advantage of our organisation. The time has long passed when members proved susceptible to this-form .of official bluff, and such methods, are now offensive and intolerable among workers. The issues raised by the Department are euuy controverted, and we have every confidence in- the executive's ability to » ml with them. Further, we are of tbUpinion in view of the fact that L* lg - y official of the Departjw»;'js being used as a sort of town :■ Wtoan,-that a reorganisation of the "per positions in the Department "ght'be made in the interests of both «taency and economy.''