RAILWAYMEN AND ARBITRATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 647, 26 October 1909, Page 6

RAILWAYMEN AND ARBITRATION.

The following resolution was earned by the Thorndon branch of the Amalgamated Society „ M ft Bailway Servants at its meeting held in "■ Wellington on October 24 —" That this meek ing enters its strong protest against the effort that is being made in tho form of a petition — b Parliament by the locomotive branch of the x v iSrvice, 'praying for of tho exj\wting law in regard to our registration undor ' 4 the Indnstrial Conciliation and Arbitration } 'Vet, with 1 -object of-providing registration i of another union of railway men and which 5 we are firmly of tho opinion would be detn- * 'mental to our interests." '. f J (By Telegraph—tress Association) j' j •<, Hawera, October 25. ' A meeting of the Amalgamated Society ,o( c i Railwa/ Servants resolved "That this meet1S ng of representatives of the '•loconjotive, 5 9 traffic,' and maintenance; departments, strongly S protests'against alteration of ..the clause in the ? Arbitration and Conciliation Act, which refers '"to our society Such'alteration would be de- ' S) ' irimental to our society, and contrary to the , best interests of'the railwayman as a whole, > ' "'' Napier, October 25 ■ ' \t a well-attended meeting of the Napier i 'branch of the Amalgamated Society/of Hailwnj "J Servants, at which a number of locooiotue i men were also present, a resolution t was carh ncd protesting against any alteration in the «;' Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. 1 '. ' l».'. PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL. —' ' \ The fortnightly meeting of tho Petone Borough Council was held yesterday evening, when there were present The Mayor (Mr. J. W. MVEwan), Councillors, Short, Harding, Piper, . i j'Jtostj Jones, Trneman, Young, and Colqnhoun. -U An application made by the sanitary service Sntractor iv additional plant was not enter--IBed' , , , . i Mr. E J. Dunne applied for, but was refused, a,special building permit Cases of scarlet fever (one) and diphtheria <one) were reported by Drs Perry and Boss A billiard saloon license was granted to Mr. ja Sponce. * ' The Hod. Dr. Findlay, Minister for Justice, advised that'the question of building a courthonSe at Petono was receiving consideration. ' The letter"was. received with an admonition from Councillor iColquhoun, "Don't let him forThe' District Hospital Board advised that the levy to be made on tho council as its con t'Jtobntion to the cost of erecting an infectious diseases hospital was-.£367 18s' The letter 'was received. , , , ~' "Writing in regard to tho Normandale settle iZ meat, which tho council' leased temporarily, but did not purchase, the Commissioner of JwCrown Lands stated that the annual rental, 'based on tho capital value of the various sections, amounted to £&i 10s 10d\ whereas the "council was now paying only .£OO a year. The I Commissioner asked whether the counoil were , «w willing to pay>the full annual rental when its I '' present leaso expired.—The Mayor explained | that a temporary leaso of tho Jand had/been .•taken by Mr Cafflo at £60 a jcar, and the f'&conncal had taken that lease over, using tho * *land taken over as a Water conservation area '""She 'purchase money fiicd by the land for ;Pettlcinents ,Act, under I 'which the land had teen (Acquired, amounted to over .£9OO Ho thought that tho best course would be for hini to interview the CommissioCer ot Crown Lands « and endeavour to 'arrange another temporary lease. This was agreed to In reference 1 to the council s letter dealing *ith a circular issued by the Land League, Mr. T 'M. sWilford, MJ?, promised to coni tSder'the council's suggestion when the measure baling with tho settlement of Native lands came Woto the House. His own opinion in regard to vNative lands, he stated, was that the Natives' should ihave a share of the facilities accorded to the white people for settlement, and, m return, should pay their just/share of the obligations—lt was resolved that the information 1 asked for be supplied. *\j Captain Gathorne-Hardy, ADC to his Ex- "*" celkmsy the Governor, advised that Lord Plunket proposed to-pay an'official visit to Petono on December 1, and, if the council wished to meet hiiXi arrangements for this could no doubt' be'/mado —The councd resolved to meet Exoellency at tho bazaar, pnbr to its openThe Hon. D. Buddo, Minister for Internal Affairs, wrote stating that, with regard fb tho inclusion of Mr.' H G Young's property in the Petono' borough, the matter was one for '<"■/ consideration by the'local authority m whose i", ~ area the pr6perly was situated. 'The letter was t / received. '