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No. 28, Session I. —Petition of R. H. Hanson. (No. 2.) PETITIONED prays for compensation for injuries received while in the Railway service. The previous report having been referred back by the House for reconsideration, I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition be referred to the Government for consideration. 7th December, 1909. No. 7.—Petition of William Moebis, of Greymouth, Sawmiller. Petitioner prays for relief in connection with a sawmilling siding at Baxter's. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make on this petition. 14th December, 1909. No. 13.—Petition of E. W. Henderson and Others;'also 74 similar Petitions as per Schedule attached, containing 722 Signatures of Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners. Petitioners pray that official recognition be granted to them as a .separate organization froni those of other branches of the Railway service. I am directed to report, — Clause 1. That in the opinion of this Committee the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants has represented the engine-drivers, firemen, and cleaners equally as welj as the other sections of the Railway service. Clause 2. That due prominence has always been given to the requirements of the enginedrivers, firemen, and cleaners when the Railway Department has been approached by the delegates of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. Clause 3. That by internal reorganization of the society the petitioners could always get direct representation on the executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. Clause 4. That, as the Railway Department is a State Department, it is desirable that one representative body should place the requirements of the men before the Department, the Minister, and Parliament. Clause 5. That, having gone exhaustively into the evidence, and given the fullest consideration to the prayer of the petitioners, the Committee has no recommendation to make. 14th December, 1909. [Vide Appendix 1.-6 a.] Schedule. No. 13.— E. W. Henderson and 6 others. No. 331.— W. J. Dekihenty and 7 others. ~ 14. —T. McCalman and 5 others. „ 332. —H. Dunn and 2 others. ~ 15. —R. McKee and 3 others. ~ 333.— R. Lindsay and 6 others. ~ 45. —Robert Findlay and 4 others. ~ 334.— E. A. Pickering and 12 others. n 46. —W. J. McGonigal and 13 others. ~ 335.— F. Watkins and 5 others. >( 47.— R. Phillips and 13 others. „ 350.— E. R. Crone and 6 others. ~ 62.—James McNeely and 12 others. „ 351.—James Hosie and 12 others. „ 110. — J. Davidson and 9 others. „ 352.—P. Ibbotson and 13 others. ~ 111.— J. Dow and 9 others. „ 353.—A. E. McDonald and 5 others. ~ 112.— E. Ericson and 4 others. ~ 354.— R. S. Thompson and 13 others. „ 113.— J. R. Evans and 9 others. „ 355.—V. M. Wills and 13 others. „ 114.— W. McArley and 13 others. ~ 365.— R. J. McAddie and 4 others. „ 115. —G. Munrow and 2 others. ~ 382. —R. A. Borrows and 13 others. ~ 116.—A. A. Rowe and 13 others. „ 383.— J. Foster and 13 others. ~ 132.— G. Brown and 14 others. „ 384. — J. G. Ingram and 29 others. ~ 133. — A. J. Hodge and 18 others. ~ 405.— J. Conway and 11 others. „ 134.— W. H. Kelly and 7 others. „ 406.— W. E. Corbett and 3 others. „ 135.— F. H. Murphy and 13 others. „ 407.— F. W. Downs and 11 others. „ 165. —H. S. Loudon and 7 others. ~ 408. —W. Greig and 14 others. „ 166.— J. Meachen and 8 others. „ 409.— T. S. Hickey and 3 others. ~ 200.— G. Bull and 9 others. „ 410.— J. H. Leisham and 27 others. ~ 201.— J. J. Bergin and 7 others. „ 411.—P. Kiegan and 14 others. ~ 202.— J. A. Froude and 3 others. ~ 412.— F. McCalman and 4 others. ~ 203. —S. A. Mcpavin and 3 others. „ 413.— J. R. McLaren and 6 others. „ 204. —D. Muchie and 5 others. „ 414. — J. Milne and 5 others. ~ 205.—A. E. Parkes and 13 others. ~ 415. — J. Stevens and 6 others. „ 206.— F. 0. Biley and 4 others. „ 427.—C. J. Lee and 13 others. ~ 216.— T. Melroy and 13 others. „ 428.— W. J. Thompson and 12 others. „ 247.— W. E. Costello and 5 others. „ 437.— H. T. Hurndell and 12 others. ~ 274.— G. J. Bryce and 23 others. ~ 438.—A. W. Peterkin and 27 others. ~ 275.—P. D. Clark and 12 others. ~ 444.—C. J. Sturvant and 39 others. ~ 276.—P. Haston and 12 others. ~ 450.— W. J. Robb and 13 others. ~ 282.— W. A. Veitch and another. ~ 462.— G. Leyden and 4 otheis. ~ 300. —A. B. Adams and 2 others. ~ 463.— J. Reardon and 10 others. ~ 301. — J. Henderson and i others. ~ 471.— J. W. Hunter and 13 others. ~ 302. —E. J. Gray and 3 others. „ 472.—Peter Salter and 3 others. ~ 303.— E. Sloway and 15 others. „ 517.—A. Torrance and 4 others. No. 564.—Petition of A. G. C. Glass, of Wairangi Station, Waikato, Auckland. Petitioner prays for inquiry and compensation in connection with loss of wattle-bark at Wairangi Station. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make on this petition. 17th December, 1909.