OUR-RAILWAYS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5, 3 May 1912, Page 6

OUR-RAILWAYS.

THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE GENERAL MANAGER.

(Per Press Association.") Christchurch. May 1

At a sitting of the Railway .Appeal Board for the South Island Mr W. 11. Haselden, S.M. (chairman) made a very lengthy statement, giving his view of the law regarding appeals from the decision to grant or withhold certificates of efficiency to members. In the course of his statement'' Mr Haroldon said, regarding the position of the general manager, that so long as a man was trusted by the State with the responsibility of running the whole railway system, ho should be trusted honestly to use hi? judgment every time he preferred a junior to a senior. The chances of the general manager learning the truth as to a man's capabilities wore infinitely greater than those of tha Board, which had only the evidence of specially selected witnesses, and if would be a very dangerous thing for the Board to assume the responsibility of deciding on the respective merits of some thousands of officers. fn his opinion the sound and on!v ]:osi siblo position for the Board to la' e | up was that if there was nothing to I show want of good faith on the part of the manager, his judgments as to the merits of members should be acI copted.