BRITISH RAILWAY TROUBLE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8875, 8 November 1907, Page 5

BRITISH RAILWAY TROUBLE.

SETTLEMENT ARRIVED AT, INTERVENTION OF KING EDWARD. I Received November 7, 11.19 p.m. LONDON, November 7. Mr Richard Beli, Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, speaking at a dinner at the Sphinx Club, announced the result of the conferences with Mr LloydGeorge. A settlement of the railway trouble had, he said, been reached, which his hoped would be satisfactory to all concerned. His Majesty the King had interested himself in the matter, and the result must be communicated to His Majesty before the terms of the settlement were announced. APPOINTMENT OF CONCILIATION BOARDS. SCHEME SPECIALLY SATISFACTORY TO NON-UNIONISTS. Received November 7, 11.23 p.m. LONDON, November 7. The compromise in respect to the railway men, secured through the instrumentality of Mr Lloyd George, consists of the appointment of a conciliation board for each group of employees of evary railway, and on the large systems of sectional conciliation boards representing the groups, and in the event of disputes regarding hours.and wages remaining unsettled, the matter is to be referred to an arbitrator chosen by the Speaker and the Master of the Rolls. Conciliation boards will represent masters and men. The election of the men's representatives wilt be conducted by the.Board of Trade, and in the event of disputes remaining unsettled in a district or by the sectional and conciliation boards, the matter is to go to the central board composed of representatives of companies and the conciliation boards for all the groups, and, as a final resort, will be i laid before the arbitrator. The arrangement does not recognise unions. Lord Claude Hamilton describes the scheme as very satisfactory especially to the non-unionists. AGREEMENT ACCEPTED BY THE MEN. Received November 8, 12.2 a.m. LONDON,. November 7. Mr Lloyd George has submitted to the railway men the proposed agreement, which they and the representatives of the railway companies have accepted. Mr Fox, president of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, also signed the agreement. Mr Lowth, secretary of the Railway Workers' Union, has done likewise.