RAILWAY SERVICE GRIEVANCES
(FnOM OUIt SPECIAL CORKEHPONDP.NTB.) Masterton, Novomber 15. An evidence of the scarcity of men in tho second division of the railway sorvica is given by the fact that a few days ago tlio traffic manager on the Wanganui section made a tour up the Main Trunk I'ino for tho ptirposo of selecting porters from the navvies omploycd there It is understood that only six men warp enrolled. Thcro is no doubt that dissatisfaction exists in all branches of the service. One of tho anomalies on tho "Wairarapa lino is tho fact that an officer with nine years' sorvico in the first division, who frequently nets as actingstationmastor, is receiving loss wagc3 than a casual band who had only boon employed in tho Department for throe weeks. Another grievance is that relating to guards, who, notwithstanding their increasing responsibilities, have novor had their wages raised since tha railway, was a railway. ■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 46, 18 November 1907, Page 7
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