TRAMWAY INSPECTORS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18341, 6 March 1923, Page 9

TRAMWAY INSPECTORS.

RECENT APPOINTMENTS. APPEALS BEFORE BOARD. The Auckland Tramways Appeal ■ Board : : . sat yesterday to consider appeals by. seven ; tramway employees, arising from the appointment of certain traffic inspectors for the Auckland city tramways. Mr. E. C. Gotten, S.M., presided, the other V;a members of the board being Mr. G. W. > " j Hutchison, representing " the , employers,' and Mr. J. J. Nixon, representing the V if employees. ' \ , ■ ~ '1 The grounds of the • appeals, , whicq were under section 62 of the agreement j between : the parties, were , that ;; the * appellants were senior to- some' of the men .V. appointed, and had equal qualifications. The appellants, J. A. Hearhng, W. A. i '■( f Donaldson, R. A'. 1 Chapman, -F. Batson, ; R. Wade, E. Scorringe, and :J. M. Griffin < were represented by Mr. Sullivan. . Mr. Stanton appeared ; for the Auckland '• City .-V Council. ■ : V - '- In opening th© case for appellants, • i Mr. Sullivan said that some time ago ap- >'! plications were invited ' for T the appointment of six ']>' traffic ' : inspectors. There Were -76 applications. - Formerlys seniority alone counted ;in• ■; making ■; appointments," • but the system had been changed. Seven I traffic inspectors i were appointed. Appel- > , lants claimed to be senior to some of | those men and to be" equally j qualified. j The general /manager of tramways, A. j EL . Ford; said he interviewed the men to ■;j satisfy himself as to their type. Finally, j as the result of the examinations, be ap- j pointed ' the seven ' men j whom he con- ] sidered best fitted for the position. ■ They] were - all long-service ; men, having - all >' j been in the service over ,11 years. •,, ; They y were all experienced men, and had proved V 'satisfactory, as thire had ' not been any ' complaints from the public or the men. i Mr. Stanton. submitted that it had bsen •*' established that the manager had selected •' the men honestly, impartially, acid to the j best of his judgment as s the best men available, and t had | taken all reasonable fjg steps to satisfy hims »lf as to the qualifications of tite applicants. ■> *."* The , chairman I said that decision would # , be given at 10.30 a.m. ; next Monday: .