THE RAILWAYMEN.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1924, Page 3

THE RAILWAYMEN.

POSITION AT OH HISTCTIUKCH. Till-: KXIXTTIVK Al ISTIM'STKI). [IIY TELEORAPII — PER PRESS ASSOCIATION CIIH I.S ICM L UCII. .May '27. Fiiiiii to-day the Addington Worksliop .Men's hams arc 7.Ill) to noon, I-’.HO to 1.-10. and on Saturdays till icon. OvcrdO were present at a speci--11, meeting of the Addington Work•hops IJraneli of the A.S.It.S. lield at he Trades Hall last evenine. Tin l nectilin, which was very lively, was iddressed hy .M. .1. OVonnor. a nieni>er of the Kxocutivc Council and |{. I;i it 1I .t< lll . a former President. A messaee was received fiom the .'hristckiirvh l.abnnr memhers offeriio .support to the branch in the fiprht eninst the reintrodnction of the fortvielit hour week. It was decided to thank ineinhers for heir offer and send a protest against he IS hours week to l.ahonr oreaniatioiis throntthont tlie country. The illowino resolutions were carried naninnnisly :

(I) Tliiit the Executive Council lie "ailed on to cull ii special cnni'crem o to review mill oni|iiirc into nil mutters •onnccted with the strike. (•_’) Tliiit. in order to avoid the possibility" til tl>e Conference not being idled by the Kxoctitive Council, this brunch demands tliiit the n special conference lie culled by the General Secretary rs |irovided for in Knle 10. Clntisc I’. (.'!) Thtit tin' Dramh Committee he : list meted to immedin tely tnke the h.iL 'ot necessary under such rule. lit connection with the cireulntimi of the manifesto in which memhers if th(> A.S.H.S. resigned from the So■iet.v ostensibly with the chiect of r orming n sens i’ll to • ode. mi ofTirinl of the A-.S.R.S. stated li'M night that 'o' Itiid been telinhly informed tliiit the signatures to the mnililc-.to lutd been ost. He -aid: ; ‘| hiiVi ■ heurd on the very best authority tliiit the miinifesto wiis given to n icrtnin mi'll for his signature nod tlmt sheet containing the signatures ni.v.stelioiislv disappoared mid hits not been found since.” the oliiciiil adding: •‘Tlmt. of course, wits |iiite likely to lut))|:en ns the movement was not token seriously by anyone. After all the miinifesto only stated that the signatories had resigned from the Society. There was nothin'; in it. ns lin - as I ant aware, to indicate that those resigning intended to form a new union.’’