RAILWAY OFFICERS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18107, 24 June 1924, Page 9

RAILWAY OFFICERS.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

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WELLINGTON, June 23,

•'M Vho annual conference of the Kail-s-ay, Officers' Institute, it was decided to press for the setting up of a.permanent tribunal for the purpose of settling disputes, etc., on the lines of the Board fhich adjudicated after the ID2O itrilce. ' •

VA Dunedin remit providing for the delivery of lectures- where desired by iepibera, country members to be given i?ery facility in order that they may ittend, was agreed to. \K Wellington proposal that railway icers should receive similar treatment iifhat enjoyed by officers of other 's&.■ Departments in connexion with jiefstaff reports of controlling officers feved unanimous support, and it was decided to also agree'to a remit from the Executive Committee that the Department, be requested to notify the : MR of the qualifications necessary for MTancement from grade to grade and fo higher ■ positions in the district iSices. . '

-fit Mjas resolved that as railway work tras so widely different from the classes of work controlled by the other State Departments, the Eailway Department S'oftld not come within the scope of Uniformity Committee, if; Upwards of twenty other remits of jiiinor importance were considered and *dealt;-with.