RAILWAY TYRANNY.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1821, 22 December 1879, Page 3

RAILWAY TYRANNY.

To the Editor of the Globe. Sib, —I thought that matters could not haye gone much further than they have done, but it seems that the employes are really reduced to mere serfs, and that those who are employed on the miserable pittance doled out to them are not even allowed to increase their salary. It is gratifying, however, to know that our member, Mr E. Richardson, has moved in this matter, and with him I feel sure that unless something is done the country will suffer from it. The latest piece of tyranny that I have beard has been that of a ticket collector who happens to be a musician, and often delighted us with his performances in Cathedral square. It appears that this person’s duties have heretofore finished by six o’clock at night, and that he was then at liberty to use his evenings as he pleased, and provided, I presume, he kept his talents to the Railway Band, all would have gone along swimmingly. But the Ohiarini troupe required a band, and our Euphonium player finding his evenings disengaged, gladly accepted an engagement to play at nights, and having done so much for the Railway Band, one would have thought that no notice would have been taken of bis taking this post. But, oh no ! At once this ticket collector’s time was altered, and he was informed that his time would in future be from twelve noon until nine at night, with attendance on late trains. Remonstrance being in vain, he resigned his appointment on the railways, and I presume we shall not again hear him in the Railway Band in Cathedral Square. I trust this matter will have further ventilation and awaken some interest in the way the employes of the railway are treated. Yours, &c., ARGUS.