RAILWAYMEN'S CONFERENCE
The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants 1 ' biennial conference was concluded yesterday, and the newly-elected ■executive council has commenced its sit> :tings, at the end of which the Minister *>f Railways and the General .Manager .•will bo interviewed on a largo number ?of subjects discussed at the conference. The new executive was elected by ballot of conference delegates as follows: — ■Messrs. R. Hampton (Addington), R. Moore (Petone), representing the workshops' branch of tie Department; A. iWhisker (Tanmarunui) and D. Wilson (Christchurch), loco, branch; P. Barry and P. Gaines (Balclutha), traffic; and I. Saunders (Dunedin) and L. Geraghty (Auckland), maintenance branch.
It was unanimously resolved to forward the following motion to the Prime Minister and the'Press:—"That this large and representative conference of railwarmen. views with alarm the Tapid increase in the_ prioes of commodities, and we view with Tegret the apparent disinclination to grapple effectually with those who are exploiting-the people in a timo of national crisis, and that the Government be urged to take immediate steps to remedy tho present state of affairs."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2402, 6 March 1915, Page 8
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175RAILWAYMEN'S CONFERENCE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2402, 6 March 1915, Page 8
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