FAR-REACHING ISSUES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 493, 30 June 1932, Page 16

FAR-REACHING ISSUES.

Presidency of the Railway Servants’ Association Far-reaching issues are at stake in the presidential election of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, which is now being held. The vacancy was caused through the death of Mr James Churchousc, who had occupied the position for several years, and there are three candidates for the position—all South Island men. The candidates are Messrs S. Schofield (Christchurch), M. Connelly (Dunedin) and E. Dash (St Andrews). Throughout the second division of the railway service, the election is exciting much interest, for at the present time the relationship between the Public Service and the Government is stated to be in a critical condition. Involved in the question of leadership of such a big organisation as the A.S.R.S. are also the subjects of the retention of the remaining conditions of employment and the protection of the privileges which raihvaymen, with other public servants, now enjoy. Two domestic matters will also have a very large effect on the result of the election, which will virtually decide whether the A.S.R.S. will indulge in politics or whether it will remain purely an industrial body.