RAILWAY MATTERS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13523, 3 November 1911, Page 3

RAILWAY MATTERS.

, RECENT INCREASES IN PAY. (Per United Press Association.) - .'PALMERSTON N., November 2. ' The local branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, which held an indignation meeting this week, in refer-, ence ’to the recent increases granted in : pay, withheld supporting the, action of the New Zealand Executive till they received the full text of the executive’s letter to the Premier. It appears that the contents of. that letter, given ever the telephone from Wellington, created an impression here that the New Zealand Executive had thdnked the Premier for satisfactorily mdetiiig the demands. In that case' the local branch would not have endorsed the Executive’s action. Now that the full text has come to hand it has been found that the. Executive merely thanked Sir •Joseph Ward for his courteous treatment. 'The letter read as follows:—“ The Eight Hon. Sir J. G. Ward. Sir,—l am ' instructed by the Executive Council to convey to you their keen appreciation of the kind and courteous treatment they have received at your hands with regard to ■matters recently placed before yon; and, whilst we have not gained all that wc desired,' we have to thank you for the attention and time you have given to their representations.—Your obedient servant, Mi. J. Mack; General Secretary.” Having received the full text of the letter, the local branch,.'by an overflowing majority, resolved to record their sense of appreoia-. tion and confidence- in the. Executive ■ for their actions in connection with . repent increases.. :