THE RAILWAY REGULATIONS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1956, 13 January 1914, Page 7

THE RAILWAY REGULATIONS.

FROM THE MEN'S POINT OF VIEW. Tho now railway regulations MVOruiiig lliu conditions o! sovvio? in tno 1)0-part-incut aro thus criticised by ~ t lK> ".Hallway Review," the official ovga.iV ot the Society ol Railway Servants: — "In. many respects tho , new;■ roguw» tions under tiiO Government Riukvu.vs Act arc an improvement upon the ones they supersede, We see tlv intlueiico of the A.S.U.S. ' Uxecutivo in :wnn« changes for the better,\-aud \vo rca&ily recogniso «m indication .in theru of i-iio jbcpa-itiivJiit's desire *-<» preiuo-to good relations with its eir.plnyn'i, bj' making (heso controlling rules as clear and oxplicit as possible. The old of grasping more ihan statutory power is, wo think, again evident, awl lis 'he liognlatkms have been referred to the society's solicitors lor.a eojiiplete report, on this aspect, we will luive' iiioie. definite things to sa.v later. lis the matters of holiday leave, privilege tickets for superannuated mpinhrrs and widows reduction in the period of probation and restoration of first-claws' passes'.' tlieio is causo for hearty roiigratulalki-ii.,';\V<> may also regard with favour the improvement, however slight, which is made in facilities for willing and ea»nliii\ men who wish to rise from the Second to the First Division.Tins' aspect deserves special roi-uidoration. which *vo wili give to it later. Short of the a.bsoluto removal of tho division barrier-?-a. paper line, it. is ttoe, but nevertheless ft fortification behind which Wrong chea pro.judico may flourish —m will not b(> satisfied."