RAILWAY OFFICERS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 June 1924, Page 5

RAILWAY OFFICERS.

THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE. (by telegraph —PRF.SK association.) WELLINGTON, June 23. At the annual conference of the Railway Officers’ Institute it was decided again to press for the setting up of a permanent tribunal for the purpose of settling disputes, etc., on the lines of the board which adjudicated after the 1920 trike. A Dunedin remit, providing for classes and the delivery of lectures where desired by members, country members to be given every facility in order that they may attend, * was agreed to. A Wellington proposal that railway officers should receive similar treatment to that enjoyed by officers of other State departments in connection with the staff reports of the controlling officers received unanimous support. It- was also decided to agree to a remit from the executive committee that this department be requested to notify the staff of the qualifications necessary for advancement from grade to grade and to higher positions in district offices. It was resolved that, as railway work was so widely different from the classes of work controlled by other State departments, the Railway Department should not come within the scope of the uniformitv committee. Upwards of 20 other remits of minor importance were considered and dealt with.