WORK AT RAILWAY SHOPS.
A MINISTERIAL DENIAL. [•BY TELEGRAPH. — CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Sunday. In view of the allegations of speeding-up at the Newmarket railway workshops, a statement made by Mr. T. K. Sidey (Dunedin South) in the » House on Saturday morning is interesting. Mr. Sidey said figures had been given him which proved there was driving at the Hillside workshop in Dunedin. Some time ago the number of hours occupied in building two waggons was 23 hours. The pace was gradually increased till two waggons were built in 20 hours, and now they were turned out in hours. The Minister for Railways (Hon. J. A. Millar) said there was no driving. Mr. Sidey's figures would seem to show that the men had not being doing a fair thing before. There was no speeding-up, but if a man would not do as fair a day's work for the Railway Department as he would for a private employer, he could not be retained. Mr. Millar added that he had received no complaints from the Railway Servants' Society.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 1449, 3 October 1910, Page 6
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