TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1931, Page 11

TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION

RAILWAY SERVANTS’ OPINIONS. RESOLUTIONS AT WELLINGTON. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ■ Wellington; August 24. The Thorndon branch of the A.S.R.S. has passed the following resolutions:-— I “Inasmuch as the present conditions in the transport industry, involve grave national waste and give rise to sweating lof a very gross character, members of I this branch resolve that steps to rationalise the transport industry and bring it on .to a sound and proper, industrial basis are urgently necessary in- the interests of the Dominion as a whole. ■ “That the-continuance of the present chaotic competition is seriously jeopardising the welfare of thousands of transport workers, endangering the lives of the travelling public and hastening the disintegration of the transport industry, and therefore members of this branch are firmly and emphatically of -. the opinion that as the Transport Bill :provides machinery essential to enable; the situation to be dealt with speedily- and effectively the principle of national control contained in the Bill is worthy of the wholehearted support of all who have the interests of the country at heart.”