RAILWAY SERVANTS
The biennial conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants was concluded yesterday, and the newlyelected Executive Council has commenced its sittings, at the end of which the Minister of Railways and the General Manager will be interviewed on a large number of subjects discussed at the conference. The new executive was elected by ballot of conference delegates as follows: — Messrs. R. Hampton (Addington), R. Moore (Petone), representing the workshops' branch of the Department; A. Whisker (Taumarunui) and D. Wilson (Christchurch), locomotive branch ; P. Barry (Auckland) and P Games (Balclutha), traffic; and I. Saunders (Dunedin) and L. Geraghty (Auckland), maintenance branch. It was unanimously resolved to forward the following motion to the Prime Minister and the, press :— " That this large and representative conference of railwaymen views with alarm the rapid increase in the prices of commodities, and we view with regret the apparent disinclination to grapple effectually with those who are exploiting the people in a time of natioi al crisis, and that the Government be urged to take immediate steps to remedy the present state of affairs."
Mr. Meredith Atkinson lectures on "Tho History of Trades Unionism," at Everybody's Theatre, to-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Male vocalists are notified by advertisement in this issue of the alteration of the next two practices of the Royal Wellington Choral RrtnmtT (mm FrTflav i<* Tum>
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 55, 6 March 1915, Page 8
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225RAILWAY SERVANTS Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 55, 6 March 1915, Page 8
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