DISMISSED.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 18, 16 October 1907, Page 7

DISMISSED.

■ RAILWAY SERVICE AND POLITICS. ■ ' A. M'CULLOTJGH'S CASE. :; . Mr. J. A. M'Cullough, tinsmith. in tho Aadington Railway Workshops, has been dismissed from tho Railway 1 Department after twenty-five years' service, as tho result of his refusal to give an undertaking not to take part in political affairs in future. ■ • The regulation which Mr. M'.Cullough was suspended for infringing states very briefly, in black and whito, that members ,of tho railway service may not. take an activo part , ' n beyond. tho recording of their ; votes.-. •■Mγ. , M'Cullough's plea was that he ' had hot seen this regulation, which is printed in'the bound' volume of the Department's rules. 1 His attention having been drawn to the he still refused, it b understood, to give his unconditional assent to the regulation. . , •• -■, .■. V. Ho wrote a letter to tho Minister last weok, Betting forth his position,, and notice of dismissal is understood to. havo boon forwarded to him on Monday night as tho result. ' Mr..M'Cullough will bo entitled to a refund, without, interest, of all amounts paid , in by him to the Superannuation Fund of the ..papart'mont. ;If ho had romaincd in tho •service till his sixtieth year, or been incapacitated by accident or illness at any time in ••■the.interval, he would .havo been entitled to receive l superannuation payment amounting , Jo one-sixtieth part of, salary for every year of; service, up to forty years. ■It is rumoured that Mr. M'Culfough will bb a candidate at tho next opportunity for the position of workers' representative on tho ■. Arbitration Court. •■.■■■.'■. /•■ ■'. •.■■': •' ■ ' .■■ ' :

.■'.-,; [HI TELEGRAPH—PRES3 ASSOCIATION.] : Chris!cfiurch, October 15. Sir. J.'A. M'Cullotigh has so far received u> filial I-cj)Jy from the' Government relative* o'his suspension, and is quito at a loss to JinierstAnd the delay. Ho stated to a rcJioltof to-dny that it seeined hs if the Government Were delaying matters" so that the pofujaf feeling aroused by tho suspension might have cooled down by tho tihio the final .li9inisßal was decided upon, or wero waiting'for him to commit a further breach of tlio fdjjiilations by addrossing a public meeting so as to strengthen their position ihoud ii' ,, derido to dismiss him.