RAILWAY PROMOTIONS.
REGULATIONS UPHELD.
CHIEF JUSTICE'S DECISION.
[BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. An important decision was given by the Chief Justice to-day in an originating summons brought before him last wtek with the object of securing a decision as to whether certain regulations under the Government Railways Act, 1908, were ultra vires. The decision mainly affected the issue as to whether promotion in the railway service was to bo based primarily on seniority, or whether ability and suitability were to bo allowed to discount seniority. • - ■•& His Honor held that the regulations were good in law, and pointed out that there was no more reason for seniority ruling in the railway service than there was for ft ruling in other occupations./
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18406, 23 May 1923, Page 8
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