RAILWAY ESTIMATES
I^BOTIR -AMENDMENTS l. /REJECTED.
■ yhen; th^ Railway Egtimstoii wai* beingrdealt with in thVHouw of Bepr?senutives this morning, Mn ,H.; B. Hoiland (Boiler) moved .to reduce, the Gta. eral Manager's ,•alary,, £2700, by £8 to indicate that the appeal,boards asked for by'tbe>A.S.R.S. and the Railway Of. fleers' Institute should be set'np. The amendment; was defeated by 33 ■ votes to 30. , ■...•;.'■■■ ' ,
.Mr: L. M'llvride (Napier) moved that ; the item 7 be -reduced -by £5. to- indicate 1 that before, income tax- reductions he come .operative- -the ,wages, of railway workers.should,be. restored to their prewar_ purcbas,ing-value standard: ■■■■■- The "amendment was defeated by 33 votes to 25.; ..''.■ ■ ■ "J 9°
At 2.50 a.m., the Railway Estimates were put through, and at 2.55 the Hou» adjourned untilnoon, to-day "■•-"™
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 13
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124RAILWAY ESTIMATES Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 13
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