OPINIONS OF THE SOCIETIES.
(fee. 1Q.16 ajn. MELBOURNE, This Day, General meetings of every branch of the Railway Societies will be held tonight, and on their decisions the Executive will, determine the course of action. The President of the Amalgamated Society states that if Parliament passed a law prohibiting affiliation the men T^ would observe it, though under protest. " They relied on Parliament to recognise the justness of their contentions. There is no doubt that the ringleaders of what the Premier terms "the revolt " are the executive officers of the Engine Drivers' Association. What they decide to-night the others will follow. It is understood that a measure will be submitted to Parliament 1 forbidding the affiliation of railway unions to the Trades HalL
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 95, 7 May 1903, Page 3
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123OPINIONS OF THE SOCIETIES. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 95, 7 May 1903, Page 3
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