THE RAILWAY SERVICE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 16, 12 February 1909, Page 2

THE RAILWAY SERVICE.

STUK.U 1\ A TKACUI'. By Telegraph.—Press Association. , Wellington, La»t A'ight. Tile troubled stale of uiiud of a number of old hands in the I'ulono wortshops over the fusion of the llanawatu stall! with the Covcrameut employees seems to be based on a misconception. It bus been explained ollicially that the l.'ovcrumcnt in its agroeiiHiil to purehase the Wellington ami Manawa'.ii railway undertook to take over the stall' and ileal with it equitably, lien who held a certain position under the company were given the minimum place in a similar grade on the classification list. Though a man might be gelling 12s per (lay when transferred, he would be placed on the list below the tlovcrmncnt men, even though they might not have reached 12s per day, the maximum for that grade. ,\l«i are promoted to the m»xt class with due regard to their qualifications and order on the list. So far as a man is concerned to whom exception was taken the Department sSates that lie is exceptionally well qualTned lor I lie. portion he received at Petone.