RAILWAY MEN'S GRIEVANCE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 528, 8 June 1909, Page 6

RAILWAY MEN'S GRIEVANCE.

MINISTER OVEERTJLES APPEAL '' ' ,-'■ ':. JJOARD, '.',.;. - ~( •'. (Dt I'EbEQIIiI'U—rKEES ABBOCiATioS.) .. ," ChHSichuroh, Jtoio 7. An oiriergenoy meoiing of tho cotniuitttil! of tbo Canterbury .'branch of Iho Amalgamated Society' of RaiUvivy Bel'vaiits was held yesterday; ! i.'h6 ' cliSiifinmi stated that the meeting "had been'(.•ailed for tho purpose of considering what action should bo tekea with regard to tlni position in which railway employees had been placed through the attitude of, tho Minister for Railways, in. vetoing tho finding, of tho . Sortth Island Appeal Bourtl, iir a caso iii which; ft train examiner appraled against hia reduction from a higher to a lower grade. : A copy .of the decision, which had bee! ap;ieed to. by members of thd bnafd, ands.'i c»py of tho letter received frplil tllo Gcnernl Miiringcr of-. Railways! stating that the Minister, after careful coll6idoi'a« tioii, CTtild not si'o-his why. to..give crtect to the board's finding* -vroro rend. . After a lohg discussioli; during irhilm.it was stated that the intention of Ptirliamcnt wns bfing doliticnitoly sot, aside, it was resolved to forward copies of tho board's find* ing, niid the . Minister's . decision; to thd sehior member of Parliament for Canterbury,with the request that lu> should coiit-eno a mcetinß of all members of Parliament irttof* eatbd in railway mutters, Wjtli n View to hiiring the whole question reviewed by.! thehi. . It ivas also rtisolred to fcqiirst tluV gcliferhi ?rcrctnr,V nf tbc socibtj' to eo-operate with the branch. . •'•■ , ■