THE RAILWAY SERVICE

Evening Star, Issue 17226, 16 December 1919, Page 10

THE RAILWAY SERVICE

PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS. The following promotions and transfers in the Railway Department are announced : Mr A. W. Morgan, assistant district traffic manager, Dunedin, to be district traffic manager at luvercargill. Mr A. K. Harris, assistant district traffic manager, Christchurch, to be district traffic manager at Wanganui. Mr E. Cameron, assistant district traffic manager, Dunedin, to be district traffic manager at Grovmouth. Mr J. Young,' goods agent, Wellington, to be assistant district traffic manager at Wellington. Mr F. Grant, chief clerk, Christchurch, to be assistant district traffic manager at Auckland. Mr J. B. Mitchell, assistant district traffic manager, Wellington, to be transferred to Dunedin in a similar capacity. Mr L. Hamann, chief clerk, Auckland, transferred to Christchurcb. in a similar capacity. Mr \V. J. Hessell, chief clerk, Greymouth, to be chief clerk. Dunedin. Mr R. M. Isaacs, chief clerk, luvercargill, to be chief clerk at Christchurch. Mr W. 0. Ennis, clerk, Dunedin, to be chief clerk at Greymouth. Mr J. J. Weir, chief clerk (goods), Auckland, to be goods agent at Auckland. Mr R. 11. Simons, assistant station master, Wellington, to be station master at Dunedin. Mr T. Foweraker, station master, Wanganui, to be goods agant at Wellington. Mr J. W. Woodbury, station master, Masterton, to be station master at Christchurch. Mr W. F. Spindoler, station master, Oamaru, to be station master at Lyttelton. Mr J. Fraser, chief passenger clerk). Auckland, to be station master at Uisbomc. Mr C. F. Dav, station master, Palmerston North, to be station master at Wanganui. Mr J. L. Morgan, station master. Greymouth, to be station master at Palmerston North. Mr T. L. Felton, chief goods clerk, Christchurch, to be station master at Greymouth. Mr F. Finlayson, station master, Nga--1 ruawahia. Mr D. C. Burns (Christchurch) and Mr E. J. Lebard (Wellington) to be audit inspectors. DISSATISFIED EMPLOYEES. A P.A. message from Palmerston North states :—The serious unrest in the Railway Service in this district was exemplified by a series of resolutions passed by the local branch of the A.S.R.S. The following is a typical one:—"That this branch asks the general secretary what steps, if any, are being taken by the Executive Council to enforce our.demands for a living wage for our members and their dependents. 0 We wish the executive to understand that our demands are an urgent necessity, and that we are prepared to take step's, however drastic, to obtain relief from the conditions now existing if the department does not immediately drop the ' go-slow' policy in connection with the increase in our wages, long overdue." The Hawera branch of the Engineers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association carried a motion entering an emphatic protest against the action of the Government in introducing a system by which they allege the weekly earnings are to be considerably reduced, and calling on the executive to take what steps they deem necessary to secure a living" wage" '

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