HOURS OF RAILWAY MEN.
ARE OFFICIALS OVERWORKED? [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN" CORRESPONDENT.] CuEiSTCUURCir, Thursday. , In conversation with a representative of the Christchurch Press, at Timaru, yesterday, two railway officials of considerable experience stated in reply to a question as to whether the Victorian Railway disaster had a lesson for New Zealand, that there was very little to complain of on the New Zealand railways now. The conditions were not ideal, but taking into consideration the exigencies of the traffic they were about as good as could be expected. As to hours of labour in New Zealand, they tried to limit the day to 12 hours at tho outside, and it was only on exceptional occasions that this length of time for continuous duty was exceeded. In some parts of the North Island, on branch lines, there were men, the reporter was informed, putting in 16 hours a clay very often, in. order to expedite uusinej.3. Risks were'.taken on the New Zealand railways at times, and the officials who would not take them would be. considered not up to their work, but the officials wore not so overworked here as to incapacitate them for their duties. J
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13744, 8 May 1908, Page 6
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195HOURS OF RAILWAY MEN. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13744, 8 May 1908, Page 6
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