DOMINION'S PART.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 June 1917, Page 5

DOMINION'S PA. RT

.. .v. ' , THE RAILWAY BAU.OT,

CLAIMED TO BE FAIRggT MSTHOft :,*

Wellington, Last Ki|fct. j During the but fortnight Mr. ,TV . Hampton, president of the Associated ''« hpoicty of Railway Servant*, lias visited • rarious centres in the North Island lor tlin purpose of explaining to the- railwaymen the balloting method adopted by the Railway Department for the soleotionof '; men released for service in the Expedl- , tlonary Force. Mr. Hampton watched ~' the ballot on behalf'of the railway sew- f ',' ants, and be assured members of the society that he was .prepared to ,m>nel» ' for its fairnesa. He has visited Palmerston North, Taihape, Ohaktine, Taunwrumii, To Kuiti, New Plymouth, Stratford, Hawcra, and Wanganui, and foe told a, reporter fo-day that after he had «4pressed them the railwaymon generally ■ expressed themselves satisfied that tM ■ best method had been adotcd. He had explained that if there had been no !>•> , lot the heads of departments would have had to undertake the duty of saying which men could be spared, and tW» would 1* undesirable from several point! of view.