THE CARD SYSTEM.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11473, 27 February 1918, Page 5

THE CARD SYSTEM.

EFFECTS 'A LARGE SAVING. United Press Associnion —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Sydney, Feb. 2(i. Judge Onrlewis has opened a Royal Commission of Inquiry into tire card system introduced Iby tiro Railway Commissioner, and which whs tire ostensible cruse of the big strike.

The solicitor for the railways gave evidence , that chough in operation for only a few months, the system had resulted in a large saving in working expenses. lie denied that it was the intention of the system to penalise the workmen. The Chief Railway Commissioner gave evidence that between live and six thousand railwayman bad gone to the war and many wore not replaced, yet the same amount of work was being done by the more effective me hods. If the men came back, they would replace casual 1 4 hour. When asked: “If there had been no war, wh-d would yon have done with your |surpl;is labour?” be replied : ‘ ‘The non-ffiling of resignations and dismissals would have given the same result.” Sydney, Feb. 2(5.

The Assistant Treasurer states that the Government hopes to provide £-1)5,000 to pay the railwaymou, dismissed as n result of the late strike, their refunds of superannuation payments.