A RAILWAY MAN'S APPEAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 50, 1 March 1911, Page 11

A RAILWAY MAN'S APPEAL.

A sitting of the North Island Railway Appeal Board— Dr. M'Arthur, S.M. (chairman), Mr. C. P. Ryan (first division), and Mr. D. M'Kenzie (second division) — was held this week to, hear an appeal by Charles S. Trillo against his dismissal from the service. Mr. H. Davidson appeared for the Railway Department, and Mr. T. Carlyle for the appellant. Mr. Davidson asked the Board to rule that it had no jurisdiction in the case, seeing that it was entirely owing to* Trillo's own action that he was out of the service. He wrote a letteraccusing the foreman^of ."having no tim» for the Manawatu men," and was informed that as this was a serious charge he must make it in more definite terms, so that there could be an enquiry. He refused', and was told that unless he complied he must be suspended for insubordination. He again refused, was suspended, and obtained employment elsewhere. The Board reserved its decision until ifc had heard the evidence. Charles Trillo, the appellant, an engineer, said that in the Government workshops was a notice that employees would be encouraged to bring inventions before the notice of the General Manager of Railways. He communicated with the General Manager direct regarding the system of making cup leathers, and got two replies. Then he invented art improved lathe chuck . for making metallic packing, and applied to the Genera] Manager for a reward. He was then informed that he should ■ have sent his application through the ! foreman. He was afterwards transferred from his lathe to an inferior job, that of boring tyres. He wae suspended because, in the opinion of the department's officers, he had not replied to their demand for details of the charge. To Mr. Davidson : He wrote alleging that Mr. Brookes "had no time for the Manawahi men." His reply was to ask why his complaints had not been sent on to ,the General Manager. His own opinion was that the officers only wanted to keep it among themselves. For the department, Mr. Davidson called Henry George Brookes, workshops foreman at Petono, who said Trillo was a good all-round man, against whom he had no ill-feeling. He had reported favourably upon his invention. He thought Trillo broke the regulation" regarding communicating through his immediate superior simply because he was inexperienced. The Manawatu men who had been taken over by the Government wore generally a firs^-class lot, and it was untrue to' suggest that witness "had no -time for them,." Alexander Allan, workshops manager, Petone, and George A. Pearson, loco, engineer, gave similar evidence. The latter said that no ' suggestions for improvements were discouraged. They were not all practicable, but when they were they received consideration. The boaTd reserved its decision pending enquiry into some poifits of law.

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