RAILWAY SHOT AND SHELL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1479, 29 June 1912, Page 4

RAILWAY SHOT AND SHELL.

ME, MTER9 THE TARGET, HI? Tftlecrarli.—Picjia *s«r\rlattnn.l Invercargfll, Juno 28. ' At a meeting of the Invereoiv;'! '-raiioK of the New Zealand Railway Officers' Inw stitut.es to-night the tallowing letoiiitio'is were, passed:—(l) That this meeting strongly protests against.' the utter failure of the- present Minister for Railways _ ta -carry out the findings of the tapanriMe '.Parliamentary Committee of 1911. alter an exhaustive hearing, on, the petition •presented by the New Zealand Kailwa-f Officers Institute; aud thus allay present unresti mid discontent, which exisU amongst members of the division. (2) That this meeting fully supports the ex-, ccutivo in again petitioning Parliament, askinsr that the recommendation of iho last Railway Committee ho fully considered by tiie present Government, and given e'ffeet to, and es press our ent.iro 'confidence in the executive in any a-olioft ■they deem fit to take. (3) That Una mooting, feeling that the present management is opposed in every way to the welfare of members of Division 1, view with alarm the readiness of the Hon. the Minister for Railways to accept (lie staiijnicnis and figures supplied by the De* partmeni in preference to -statements an<i tijrures carefully and accurately prepared, arid submitted by the executive of --ho New Zealand Railway Officers' Institute. (i) That in view of the utter failure of the' Hon. the Minister for Railways to make any reasonable provision to" carry out the findings of the Parliamentary ..Committee, this uee-ting suggests to Ilia Executive Council tho advisability of go. intr into the matter of joining hands with; the Unity of Labour party.