THE RAILWAY SERVICE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12705, 7 March 1912, Page 2

THE RAILWAY SERVICE.

(Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, last night. The altitude, of the 7 Amalgamated. Society of: Railway Servants towa;rds th)..; labor movement 1V general was a question dealt" , "'wtth'-at'7to-'day's 'conference of the railway men's." organisation. It was "ultimately- decided to give conditional suppoi't -to the unity scheme put forward by Professoi Mills and the Trades and Xabor Councils.

• A long discussion took place, and the delegates were unanimous, m the opinion that Professor Mills' unity scheme was .oni^' that? would, with some slight altera'tidn, -merit the support of all working class organisations;, and that as they wero one of the largest of those organisations,' it -uwas... their duty to give practical assistance m bringing the/proposals of that scheme into effective operation.. lii doing this they were but assisting others to assist themselves. The following- resolutions were unanimously agreed . to i, (1) That the unity scheme be commended to the members of the A.S.R.S. ; -(2) that a vote be taken of the whole society on the question of joining the scheme ; (3) that delegates be appointed provisionally to attend tho Easter conference ; (4) that such dele- ! gates be instructed that m. the. event of any proposal being carried, that would involve the disintegration of the A.S.R.S. as at present constituted, they • are to withdraw, forthwith, and not com- ] mit our members to the scheme or any part of it. Tlie Government is ' to be asked to grant the right to the A.S.R.S. to give effect to these proposals. I