RAILWAYS DISPUTE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17471, 15 May 1920, Page 6

RAILWAYS DISPUTE.

I CLAIMS OF THE A.S.R.S. I TRIBUNAL'S •' FIRST V SITTING. . v PROCEEDINGS IN CAMERA. ' '£' f_BT (TELEGBAPff.—FBESS association.] t . , '*• WELLINGTON, Friday. i • The conciliation tribunal which is to i investigate*, the section of the railway . dispute dealing with the claims of the , Amalgamated . Society of Railway Ser. I vante met to-day; Mr. G. B. Bullock prei siding. . The order of reference 'direct* the . tribunal to inquire and report to the 1 Minister for Railways on such matters I affecting rates of pay and conditions of { work of' the second division as may be 5 brought before it by the Department or [ the A.S.R.S., and it is directed that the , tribunal shall report as soon as possible. ; The inquiry, may be conducted in public, . if and whenever members think fit. \ Today's proceedings were private. The ' Prime Minister attended the opening of the tribunal. THE LOCOMOTIVE TRIBUNAL. I m REPRESENTATIVES CHOSEN. [bt imiEGBAPH.— association.] WELLINGTON, Friday. The representatives of the Government on the Locomotive Dispute Committee will be Mr. James Marchbaaks, formerly chief engineer of the old Manawatu . Railway Company,' and Mr. W. 11. Millward, sometimo manager of the Gear Meat Company. The society hag nominated Messrs. W. D. Hunt and J. S. Dickson, MP. ■ * '