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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7930, 13 October 1911, Page 8

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STRIKERS WOULD FORFEIT SUPERANNUATION BENEFITS. PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, October 12. Mr S. Kennedy, president of the New Zealand Engine-arivers and Firemen and Cleaners’ Society, , in an interview regarding tho statement made by a local railway man to the effect that the rumour of an impending strike bn the Now Zealand railways was to be traced probably to the “loco, society,” ' slated that the rumour in no way emanated from the society of which ho is president, nor did it emanate from the -headquarters of the association in Christchurch or from tho branch of the association in, Dunedin. His association would have no object in circulating such a report. Asked if ho knew anything about the origin of the rumour, Mr Kennedy said that he did not think there was the slightest possiblity ox any section of railwayman going on strike. The Superannuation Act would bar them entertaining such a proposal seriously, as they would lose all benefits under the Act if they went on strike, and would therefore be very great losers. He did not know where tho rumour came from, and he was quite sure that no railway man for one moment seriously contemplated striking..