RAILWAY SERVANTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1488, 10 July 1912, Page 4

RAILWAY SERVANTS.

THEIR PETITION WITHDRAWN. Tile following letter from tho Amolgm mated Society of Railway Servants htis b&n forwarded to'tho Minister .for RaiW ways (the Hon. A. M. Myers): "I am in- 1 structed by tho Executive Oounoil to ad«' vise you that as a result of their inter- 1 view; with you recently they have decided to abandon the petition which was placid before Parliament in 1911." Tho letto was read in tho House yes-' torday by the Minister. On his motion' that it should be kid on tho table, Sir. Joseph Ward (Awarua) asked for an ox. plan-ation of the causes that had led. to tho withdrawal of tho society from its previous attitude,

. Th ,® replied that wh«n he en* tered offioo as Minister foT Railways ha °™ d Society of Railway Servants had 90 grievances. As tho result of a number of conferences between tho cxccutiv® of the society and himself, ha had seen his way clear to ocquiesoo in tho demands on a number of matters. Ha had not oon6iderod that there was iuslifhf th l i T to other requests. ~ whole, tho executive had been satisfied that an earnest attempt had been mado by the officials of tho Depart. £>t?»r the Minister to bring'about ai betl«r feeling between the society and tho' ? op - a .. .> moll t Tho society . had' therefore dccidod not to proceed with its provious intention of presenting a peli- 1 tion to Parliament similar to that bw fore tho House last session.