RAILWAY SMASHES
LOCOMOTIVE MEN CRITICISE MR HAMILTON PAST GOVERNMENT BLAMED FOR MISHAPS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Resenting what they' consider to be an implication that the rank and file of the Railways Department Locomotive Staff are not measuring up to the duties of their calling, members' of the Canterbury branch of the Engine Drivers’, Firemen’s, and Cleaners' Association have issued a statement in reply to the Leader of the Opposition. The statement reads: “We strongly deprecate the attack on the Government made by the Hon A. Hamilton over the radio on May 9, with reference to the record smashes taking place on the railways. We consider it a slur on ouriselves and an implication that the rank :and file are not measuring up to the duties of our calling, whereas, as practical railwaymen, we are definitely of the opinion that the series of mishaps is directly traceable to the formei- Government and their administration under Board control; further, we appreciate the efforts of the present Government to improve the working conditions of the Railways Service.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 June 1938, Page 8
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177RAILWAY SMASHES Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 June 1938, Page 8
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