RAILWAY OFFICERS' CONFERENCE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 133, 11 July 1914, Page 13

RAILWAY OFFICERS' CONFERENCE.

Press Association. ■ DUNEDIN, Julv 30. The Railway Officers' Institute sessions were being concluded this evening. A great number of questions were considered, and it was decided: —(1) That mpera initiation rights should be conserved for members dismissed after thirty years' service; (2) that officers h.-.ve no coiifideiu-e in the present c!-airman of the Railway Appeal Board; ;.-!) that the ii ai'pyeinent be asked to anpohit staff ami promotion board to deal v/ith ;-'aft' questions; (4) that the management be asked to review the Matter of hours at certain stations where they were considered excessive; t';">) that members of the professional

branch of the service be placed on the same footing as the same branch in the public service; (6) that the delegates pay an annual visit to each branch of the Institute.