RAILWAY HANDS.

Evening Star, Issue 14038, 20 April 1909, Page 8

RAILWAY HANDS.

Tn regard to the dismissals from the railway workshops, .Mr Ronavne (the General -Manager) states it is a, matter of policy these dismissals have . taken place not H Addl ?°n n ’ but at the Newmarket, Hillside, and Petone shops, where men work™ an'l taS t u alS haVe completed their X? k Tt J - nothm S remains for them to flo. there is a shortage of orders W e have completed 250 12-ton waggons at -Vd .dmgton tor the Hurunui-Bluff section, and ■Hier„ is not another order for 250 to keep the men employed. Asked if there were to be ftp,her dismissals, Mr Ronayne said: “It thr. vui op< r’ rr i ds tbe development of the -\oitn Island Mam Trunk line. The ..amp m the timber traffic caused an im-loo.vcd-lor drop m the revenue, and we cannot go on building if the revenue is •Hopping. In regard to other sections ot Lee service, you cannot reduce your traffic employees unless you cut out trains Ue nave no surplus men. If it i s decided to teduce the tram mileage, there could be a. big redaction in enginemeu, firemen yardmen, etc., but if business has to be done you must have the men.” Mr Ronayre mentioned that the last batch of men nii.missed from Addington . included eight laborers, three irunmoulders, eight boilermakers, seven “ hoidera-up,” eight turners ana two titters. ’