The Point in Dispute.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3475, 1 May 1920, Page 5

The Point in Dispute.

h FULL, COMPLETE, SIGNED-UP ' SETTLEMENT. I TO DATE TO APRIL, 1919. WHY COMMISSION WAS V _ ACCEPTED. V _ T TO RUN TRAINS 'FORgTHE ’ * ¢- '-PRINCEQ ' WELLINGTON, 1230 p.nl;;;’.»tllis day. The point -in dispute between the Prime’ Minister eandbvtheiloeo. men is that Mr Massey wanted one clause to read that if the Commission to be appointed decided to make «any improvement. in the wages and conditions re—trospeetive he would accept. the recommendation. ' V LOCO. MEN’S REQUEST. The loco. men requested that the Prime Minister should sign up the agreement providing that any improvements made should date back to Ist April, 1919 ,when the disputenbegan; MR .\f_cARLEY’S STATEMENT. Mr MeArley said: “In‘ae:3el)ting another board or commission, we were going :1-gainst. the Wishes of our mom-V bers, who demnded that a full and complete settlement should be effoctefl before they resumed work. We accepted the commission in order to try to run trains for the reception of the Prince, and for that reason only; and the point in dispute means that we asked the Prime Minister to assure, by his signature, that all improvements in wages and conditions would be re. flospeetive to April, 1919. The Prime Minister insisted that this should be left to the Commission. We have conzzulted our repl'esentutives,’a.lid they in~' sist that a. full and complete ‘ and signe«_l—up settlement. shall be etfeeted in the present dispute, which is twelve months’ old. In Tact, the main points are ten years old.”

VVANT OF CONFIDENCE.

VVELLINGTON, ‘April 30.

The following resolution was carried by a. meeting of the local branch of the N.Z.R.0.1.:—-—“'l‘hat this meeting of members of the Vvellington branch of the Railway Oflicersf Insti. tute affirms that it has absolutely no confidence in the present managementfs‘ staff administration, and we call upon the Government to take steps whereby a more up-to-date staff siiall,be ensured, which, While protecting the interests of the Dominion, shall also advance and conserve the individual rights of the railway employees. Further, We are strongly of opinion that had this been done in the past, the present strike would not have eventuat-ed.”

AT TAIHAPE. Matters in connection with the strike in Taihape are quiet. A fiorm of Provost Marshal's Court has‘ been" est:fl)lished,_ and pickets appointed to see that‘ no misbehaviour is indulged in. ‘Precautions are taken to see there is no drunkenness, and where there is a bibulous tendency, it is at once checked by.‘.tscratching” the individual The hbtelis are cooperating heartilyvwith the-‘ men’s{, executive in this matter, end the-reshlt has been Afhai there -has not been a single.in-

cident that leaves cause for regret. Several deliquents, charged with very minor offences, have been hailed before the court; fined and sternly adnionished.

On the assumption that “Satan finds some evil still for idle hands to do,” the executive have provided amusernentse of various kinds for the men. Yesterday there was a football match, and in the evening a social, a large number attending, which caused the remark that it was the first [occasion in the history of the railway service that all the men had beenn able to get together at an evening function.

This afternoon'_a procession, headed by the band, marched through the town en route to? the Recreation Grounds, where a football match will be played bétweeii ‘the strikers and the Pirates.

GENEROSITY DURING‘ RAILWAY STRIKE.

The local postmaster, on behalf of the Post and Telegraph Department, wishes to thank Messrs H. D. Bennett and 00., who were the first to come forward with :1 free offer to take maile to Wanganui and intel'lll6Eliat.o offices, and bring back mails. It meant a. very long day fol-"Mr J. Wham (from 5 am. till 11 p.m.), but he was very cheerful. A representative of Messrs Dalgety and Co. eonveyed mails to Palmerston North, and the ofi"lces~ en route. The day following. Mr Swindels, the Health Inspector, delivered mails to oflices south as far as Hunterville. Mr A. E. McG—rail, the brother of Mr MeGrail, postmaster, Mataroa, has kept up a service between Taihape and Mataroa, and Mr Deacon, of Hihitahi, took a mail out to Hihitahi, Turangaarcre, and Bootll’s Mill. Mr Mulvey, storokeepc;}‘ at ’l‘urangaa.rere, arse brought in and ‘took out mails. There were many others who assisted the posfoffice in eVfm‘y possible way. A ‘

MOTOR MAIL SERVICE. Ajnotorv mail service will run on Mdnflays’, Wednesdays, and Fridays from ewanganui to~Raetihi, calling at postjoffices en route, -and returning -on Tuesdays, - Thursdays, and Saturdays. Mails for the Northern service ‘will close here at 'll a.m.- and for- the Southern service zit 1030 am. Letters only will be taken for the present. ' . - W. MCNICKLE, ' ' Postmaster.