RAILWAY MANAGEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 906, 27 August 1910, Page 11

RAILWAY MANAGEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND.

•• Sir.--.I notice m your ' paper of the 18th instant the'annual statement show.inff^net.profit of our. railways over one million, pounds; Now; I would like to p6int..out how some of this'revenue-is

obtained.. TII9. Minister states that this year's operations, when compared with those of the previous year, had o;i the whole been exceedingly satisfactory. It mav liavn boon so to him. but not (n some of the employees. They have had t<. stand the brunt. All , .officers'have bran instructed to keep nxpeiiscs down as low as possible, and- the following are some, of tho methods they adopt:—lf a man is transferred from Wellington to I'nlmcrston, and his actual expenses amount to Jffi, h» is compelled to deduct cost of living in his own home, and the officers dictate to him thn amount it should cost him to live at home, and ho lias to deduct accordingly. For in- ' stance, if it cost you three shillings per day to live in your own home, and your expenses amounted to £B for one week, you would be compelled to deduct £1 Is. cost of living. Asnin, it :> malt is sent out on a ballast train for a fortnight, and ho is a single man, he .is given an old worn-out brake van to live in. He

Act* and practically advising the i men nut :to come under tho. Act.. The members of the service must not lose sight of the • fact that the • general manager loses control, of them, us far as wages and. concessions are if they come under''the ; Act. .These-are governed by .the'board. There is. not a body of * nieu in'. New Zealand who ■ hiive been.at a loss by coming under tho Arbitration Act.■. I. have been employed on the railways,. and nlso worked under the Arbitration Act, and I strongly ad-vise-all railway employees to'vote for Arbitration.--I am,, etc;, .. : ■'.■■<.;■'■; EX-KAIL WAY.