RAILWAY SERVICES
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(P.A.) PALMERSTON N., Jan. 12. "The public cannot expect a pre-war railway service in wartime," declared Mr. T. L. Seddon, chairman of the No. 6a Man-power Committee, when suggesting to representatives of the j Kailway Department that there was room for curtailment of the service to permit the release, of men for service in the armed forces. Before the committee were no fewer ; than 38 appeals in respect to departmental staff. The committee dismissed five appeals, all in respect to junior porters. • Mr. Seddon added that in wartime the public had to put up with inconveniences, and it would be invidious if the committee placed the Department in a more favourable position than a private employer. There was room for a drastic overhaul of the present serI vices.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1942, Page 4
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133RAILWAY SERVICES Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1942, Page 4
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