THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10425, 16 September 1911, Page 3

THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.

(Received September 15, 12.40 p.m.)

LONDON; September 14. . The Companies' case has opened before the Commission. .;■•■•■

The assistant-manager of the Lcii- I don-North-Western Company, sta.te-1 J that the unions only represented 21 per cent of the railwaymen. The most serious aspect of their demand for recognition would bo the lowering of the standard of discipline. The chief ,factor in the recent unrest was the ' extravagant hopes fostered by the unions. The Companies accepted the conciliation scheme in order to, secure prolonged peace.

. (Received September 15, 9.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, September 14. Owing to the wheat handlers' trouble, the meat shipments are being ' diverted to Melbourne. 1 Seven men, charged with participat- i ing in the Lithgow riots-, were com- J mitted for trial, and two others' who } were charged with interfering with I witnesses,, were fined; . The Government proposes to prosecute Mr Hoskins and his manager over the strike. 'I

(Received September 15, 9.25 la.m.) PARIS, September'l4. The dockyard men at ' Brest announce that they will prevent the launch of the battleship Jean Bart until they get a rise in wages. ,

(Received September 15, "9.45 a.m.) LONDON; September 14. The disaffection in the postal service in'tho provinces is spreading, and is being widly aggravated by a report of the, lowering or wages in a thousand offices.