THE RAILWAY TROUBLE

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14264, 15 January 1920, Page 5

THE RAILWAY TROUBLE

RE-OPENING THE DISCUSSION. CONCILIATORY SPIRIT SHOWN. FURTHER CONFERENCE ARRANGED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 14, 7.50 p.m. LONDON. January 13. There will be an important interview this afternoon between Sir Eric Geddes, Sir R. C. Home, and the committee of the railwaymen. The railway representatives will submit the considerations which led to the conference's resolution and subsequently the position will be discussed at a meeting of the Cabinet, which was postponed from the morning awaiting Mr Bonar Law's return from Paris. There appears to be a conciliatory spirit on both sides, the railway delegates expressing a readiness to meet the Government a considerable way if the latter manifest a disposition to, reopen the discussion. It is not anticipated that the Government will give way much on the main principles. A later message s.tates that following an interview with Sir Eric Geddes the Ministry of Transport issued a statement that Mr Thornes and other representatives of the National Union of Railwaymen fully explained the reasons for the rejection of the Government's offer, and Sir Eric Geddes promised to lay the matter before Cabinet immediately, and arranged to meet the railwaymen's representatives to-morrow afternoon to announce the Government's answer.