ADDINGTON RAILWAY WORKSHOPS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2411, 28 January 1909, Page 5

ADDINGTON RAILWAY WORKSHOPS.

THE PROJECTED INQUIRY

[Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Jan. 27. The Addington inquiry is to be open to the pre.'P and the tribunal, probably consisting of three gentlemen, whose names will be announced in a. few days, is to include two experts capable of forming an accurate judgment upon tlie technical matters likely to come up for coma 1- virm. •‘The Board of Inquiry.’’explained the Hon. J. A. Millar, "must not only be judicial, but must have >i practical knowledge to go thoroughly u-to ihe matter, and report upon any ten edy which mnv he necessary. The exactscope of the order of inference has not yet been finally decided, but I intend making it as wide as possible to deaf with pill charges which have been made without opening >ne dooi to extraneous muter. 1 here v.ill be the fullest inquiry into the charges. I am not going to have r.ny c< unset there, but auv witness may give evidence. It- is practically a Departmental inquiry with independent outsiders on the Board. There aie tohe no specific charges, but a general inquiry into the system, which has hem; .adopted with the view ot in<>- ;uiv improvements, hr want to adopt the best- and most economical methods of having the work varried out.”

ACTION OF IvAIIAVAY EMPLOYEES. C’HIUiSTCHU UGll. Jm. 27. A meeting of Addington railway worskops’ employees was held at noon on Tuesday, at which t K ‘ ' c i' a “' ,U i' n explained that no reply had been 10coived from the Munster for Railways to the request made by the employees for a public inquiry into the o-euer.il manager s charges. AccwU f n , r to the report 111 the newspapers it "was evident that something of the ArbVV takyplaoo, the men would be wise it t-litv ap nointecl a representative to appear on ih dr behalf before the inquiry, and So form a committee to assist their representative in preparing a defence t 0 \ l motUui”was agreed to appointing vi r E Cameron as the emplovees renrO'Outative before the . lnqiuiv, m T l uXtmc r t Y a«-t<-‘> '-y " s lf JQAurT'L Canto, -lury ot Rail"av - Addington worklowing .motunis neu the Ttat tills ffyq'&Von LorWhops action of t -j " lu i| llo v n public memployees m do | le<Tat^ns made by q-uiry into the a ml considers the general nx be appointed that, one assesso '“ ,3. (2) that hv the 0 °aon r oves of the apthe eommitti^ 1 * 1 -.enresentatiye to K'VjTSf i ntovosts «1 the employe, u,“l U'-tf; t» fivo morally »ii.l li-moti-ally.”