DRIVERS' CONFERENCES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9430, 2 January 1909, Page 8

DRIVERS' CONFERENCES.

. top. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday % (Contereaqe of delegates frqm the 35*MfcTs' Unidna of Wellington, Auck--I&tiij£*ad Obrietchurch was held in WelHlifftft 11 cUscxipe matters in connection irtS^'the federation of the Drivers' jLTmons tbrooghput the 'dominion. The fwo.'wing delegates were present: — ilessrs A- Farlane and W. Rose (WelItlgtQn), H. 'Hunter and J. Lyness ohrißt_rarc_) and C, Davis (Auckii BPM& ; T^ e V— i° ns a "t Dunedii l and Isapfor did mot send delegates, but ipqcpressed approval of the scheme, wfpteh,-~if carried out, will mean the federation of a little over two thousand drivers. The attitude taken by Mr Jf«?ti(se Sim at th_ Christchurch sitting fJM> Arbiir^on -Court in declining to drivers' dispute on the ground t; jthe position was the same in each fere was disoossed, and the ' opinion w«» 'expressed that it was unjust, be&i^uf in Christchurch arguments would Jb^ve-Ijeeri Advanced that had not been ipsed- 4 in Wellington. The stable work c!ai)£e in the new - award for ChristC^inßih was. also discussed, and the w^png of the same clause in Wehingt*n_wss explained. It was stated that fo Wellington tiie drivers did no bedtdown or cleaning of stalls, but one >r was told off every week to assist stable men to water and feed us.-"' The delegates were; nnaniBgptMT in the opinion that tie Trades CpKu^cns system was obsolete, and a retKtt|Dtm«ndation was made for a federaS^tt'on the lines 6f the proposal made W> t&e W*ikatq Miners' Union. The ratal i or the Drivers' Union Federation #«r« drafted and will be submitted to Ike Unions.