RAILWAY APPEALS.
POSITION OF THE GENERAL MANAGER. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.). Christchurch, April 30. At a sitting of the Railway Appeal Board for the South Island to-day Mr. \V. B. Haselden, S.M. (chairman) made a lengthy statement, giving his view of tho law regardiug appeals from the. decision to grant or withhold certificates of efliciency to Members. In the course of his statement Sir. Haselden said, regnrdiug the position of the general manager, that bo long as a man was trusted by tho State with tho responsibilities of running the whole railway system, he should bo trusted honestly to uso his judgment every time he preferred a junior to a senior. The chances of the General Manager learning tlw truth as to n man's capabilities were infinitely greater than thoso of the board, which had only the evidence of specially-selected witnesses, and it would be a very dangerous , thing for the board to assume the responsibility of deciding on tho respective merits of somo thousands of officers. In his opinion, tho sound and only possible position for the board to take, up was that if there was nothing to show want of good faith on tho part of the Manager, his judgment ns to tho meri's of members should bo accepted.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1428, 1 May 1912, Page 4
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210RAILWAY APPEALS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1428, 1 May 1912, Page 4
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