IMPROVED PROCEDURE.

Northern Advocate, 23 July 1919, Page 2

IMPROVED PROCEDURE.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—ln the "Advocate" of the 17th inst., the report of the N.Z.F.U. Executive meeting, the following appears: "Mr G. Clark moved a new remit providing for any branch to communicate with the Government without reference to the executive," etc.,. etc. I presume this paragraph refers to Mr J. S. Clark, delegate of the Towai branch. If so, the remit as passed at the Towai meeting read:" "That steps be taken to get more uniform action between the branches and the subeprovinciial executives and the provincial executives." After the remit was passed her e I forwarded a copy of it to the sub-pro-. vincial secretary, so ther c could be no excuse for the remit being wrongly worded when brought before the executive. I cannot see the faintest resemblance between the remit as, reported at the executive meeting and the on e passed by this branch.

With your prmission, Mr Editor, I would like to show the procedure adopted by the sub-provincial executive at present, and where, in my opinion, it ; could be amended, On March 21st, 1919, this remit was passed: "That the Railway Department b.e approached to make the .Wednesday arid Saturday trains express trains, and that on those days the trains leave Whangarei at 5.10 p.m. during , the summer months, and that the secretary write to the Chamber of Commerce to get their support in the matter." By some means the sense of the remit was altered' when before the sub-provincial executive, and at the next bi'anch meeting it was re-affirmed and again brought * before that body and then forwarded to the branches, and at the .meeting of th c delegates on the 18th inst, it was endorsed, four months after being brought forward. Presumably after endorsement the sub-provincial secretary would write to the district' manager (Mr Sword) and the Minister of Railways. A better procedure to take on this remit being brought before the sub-provincial executive would be to ask: "(1. Is this in the interest of the district (2). Could we support it? (3) Does this affect other sub-provincial areas? If so, 'What steps should be taken to get uniform action and co-ordination between the various parties interested?' " It could only be answered in the affirmative, as any action taken to shorten the time occupied in travel-, ling between two points must be for the benefit of the people interested. I (2). In the affirmative. (3) Yes, the Bay of Islands Sub-provincial area. The Bay of Islands Sub-pro-vincial Executive should - then b e notified that this remit had been brought forward; also all the branches in the Whangarei Sub-Provincial district and the Chamber of Commerce, asking their support in the matter, which, if granted, would they please write to the District Manager (Mr Sword) and the Minister of Railways. By so doing, instead of having the one communication you would have nearer thirty, and I think it would be taken for granted that the thirty would carry more weight than one. If the above procedure was adopted it would considerably shorten the time taken between a remit being brought forward and finally disposed of, more weight would be brought to bear on any question, and more power would be given the executive. Thanking you in anticipation.—l am, etc.

A. DAWSON.