RAILWAY SERVANTS.
: . ;V THE JtECENT SECESSION:; ; -There wasa very, good attendance of raem'bers of tho Amalgamated Society-of Railway /,'. Servants at thoi:. -of .the A.S.R.S. held:at. tho Oddfellows' Hall, .Petono. •■ Tho matter.' concerning", tho Drivers' and Fire- •';' men's Association, was discussed, and tho fol- '. : lowing resolution passed :—"That this branch , regrets' the step taken by the drivers and, fire-;,, men . and cleaners in ■ forming, an, association f that is likely to- cause 'dissension' in the ranks • ■ ■of the A.S.R.S.,,as, in Our opinion, they, as a ; section of the servicer have derived more bene-..; fits through the A.S.R.S- than any other, and ' had they; put the same amount of energy, into , the.A.S.R.b. as they appdar to bo putting into tho : new association, they would, in our opinion, have derived more '.'benefits, riot only for themselves, but the society as a ; whole." : . -.'. ' It '.was resolved to request tho executive council to depute an official.of the A.S.R.S. to tour ■',' the Dominion in tho interests of the A.S.R.S., .'' and explain to moaibtrs why tho disaffection'■'.■/" existed among-the drivers' ana firemen, rind en« deavour to: reconcile them to tho A.S.R.S.,.n* it is.fenred -that many have been misguided.....
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 4
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191RAILWAY SERVANTS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 4
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