RAILWAY SERVANT'S GRIEVANCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 5

RAILWAY SERVANT'S GRIEVANCE.

MR! MILLAR AND' ''THE 'DOMINION." •In the course.of the sitting of the House of Bwwentßtms yesterday, Mr. Witty directed attention to an.article in The Dominionw th respect to. the case of.a railway official named Win, who, had appealed 'against an increase to.his salary being withheld. B The , ito fliccarton-asked whether it wascorreTfcs h?d been -state* by./ I'm,. Dominion), that ho re commendation of the Appeal Board' n favour t^S£. bo,l ? gßr^ vetoed The Hon. J. A. Millar, said ho-would like to say that it was just another instance ofhmv what, professed to be the leading morS paper made misstatements. This was not the Uhad^& Mr. Millar :• The-Dominion. ■ ■" . Mr..Fisher:,What does it sayP Mr. Millar: That. I have used the veto in the caso of. Xeann. As a matter n! fact (ho continued) tho papers had -,never come before him. They had only ,eowo troin S Appeal Board on the 20th. ' .-,-■■ ll " ) .Mr. Witty: How did it come to publish the statement? . :' ;-■ ~ ■ .Mr. Millar said he had narrowed it down tothree in the Railway Department. It would not. be'long-(ho hoped) before he got to know the offender. When he did, that official would not have much .more opportunity to go over the hies and give out' any further information. ■! ' . '-':■ [.■.:■■ jj^. Fisher: : .Why ■ not pnt them on' the Mr. Millar: Yes, and my report. , '■' Mr. Millar said that-the Appeal Boards report came to his office 6n the 20th. I hey haft novor been out ol the general manager s and tho chief clorVs offices. That was tho third occasion on which statements had appeared in The Dominion about railway matters that ■ wore totally, wrong. They, had been givon" out by_some member who had access to the files. If that was the action of tho leading morning paper, ho would : leave "the public to judge in the matter. As a matter of fact, the papers wore in his hands just them. They would show that the recommendation was to approve tho Appeal Board's recommendation.