THE RAILWAYS.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1920, Page 5

THE RAILWAYS.

TROUBLE MAY RE(iUR. .1 K^ MEN THREATEN STOPPAGE. *!j (By Wire.—Parliamentary .Reporter.);ytfWellington, jij Something like a deadlock has ? ';j reached in the dispute between the way Department and the ;t locoi »tlv»" t i branch of the service (Uia eer»,A? Firemen, and Cleaners' Association , '*y After the railway 1 ' strike m 'May MwV'-'I special tribunals were set up to co: side£ %• the claims of the railwayman.. members of the traffic branehAtb* ttejl*.'i*s way Officers' Institute) recommendations of the tribunalsHbafc' : x dealt with their cases,, but the lodomo- | tive branch has not' accepted.' A Ballot =?| of the members of the branch a large majority voting against tly ceptanco of the" terms proponed tribunal. * * ■ ' - ,■•''■& Since then the executive of the'J? E.F.C.A. has conferred *lth-th» Miniß-.j J ter for Railways, but no settlement been reached, and it is reported''now';:* that the locomotive men ar% UlTOtßiing-. j another stoppage. The chief dispute relates to hours of work. Tie -•', locomotive men are demanding a forty-;?! four hour's week. This wa& not ft of their original claim, and the Depart-,-.i ment is not prepared to make the cen-vv .cession, which would have to be e&tend* ~? Ed to other branches of the railway vice, and to other Government depart'. *£ ments. The point has been discussed witk theirs Minister of Railways (Mr. Massey), no settlement has been readied. "<*'£