NO SETTLEMENT
Railway Wage Dispute FURTHER TALKS TODAY PA WELLINGTON; Dec. 19. Negotiations which took place today between representatives of the Government and of the general division railwav organisations failed to reach a settlement of the railway wages dispute. The discussions will be confined tomorrow morning in a further attempt to avert the threatened railway strike in the Auckland district. Late this afternoon, following the usual Tuesday Cabinet meeting, the railwaymen’s representatives met the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Holyoake, the Minister of Railways, Mr Goosman, and the Minister of Labour, Mr Sullivan. This discussion, which was interrupted by the tea adjournment, was continued tonight and extended over three hours. The general manager of railways, Mr F. W. Aickin, with whom the representatives of the railway organisations had protracted negotiations earlier in the day, was also saying that the discussions would be continued tomorrow, the parties to the negotiations had no comment to make at the conclusion of tonight’s discussions.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27577, 20 December 1950, Page 6
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159NO SETTLEMENT Otago Daily Times, Issue 27577, 20 December 1950, Page 6
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