SOCIETY OF RAILWAY SERVANTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2913, 12 January 1910, Page 67

SOCIETY OF RAILWAY SERVANTS.

THE FORTHCOMING CONFER ENCE.

WELLINGTON

January 10

The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants has just elected representatives by ballot for its biennial conference, which will open in Wellington early next month. A very lengthy order paper has to be considered by the conference, chief among the items being the consideration of schemes for the society's internal reorganisation submitted by the Otago and Wanganui branches. Amendments in the Railway Superannuation Fund are proposed, including a provision that widows and children of superannuated members shall continue to draw allowances after the members' deaths. If a. railwayman dies while in active employment his widow and family receive pensions, but this privilege does not apply once the employee has drawn superannuation. The Executive Council of the society will submit a motion in favour of inaugurating a sick benefit fund for rail-

waymen throughout the Dominion, to be controlled by the A.S.R.S. The elections of delegates resulted as follows :—Auckland. —Messrs G. S. Frost and D. Dwyer; New Plymouth—Mr J. : Foreman; Palmerston North —Messrs W. T. Wilson and H. C. Le Grange; Wellington —Messrs J. Churchonse and M. Lee; Napier—Mr G. E. Williams; West Coast—Messrs W. E. Wells and J. Robertson ; Canterbury—Messrs R. Hampo ton and E. Cameron; Timaru—Mr E. J*, Dash; Oamaru—Mr J. M'Nabj Otago-* Messrs P. Gaines and T. M'TigueJ Tnvercargill—Messrs M. Thomas and Jl A. B. Walker,