ADDINGTON WORKSHOPS INQUIRY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2416, 3 February 1909, Page 5

ADDINGTON WORKSHOPS INQUIRY.

DEMANDS OF IIAIIAYAY SF.lv-

VANTS’ SOCIETY.

[Press Association.]

WELLINGTON, Feb. 2

The allegations against the-method of production at the. Addington railmay workshops were discussed by the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants yesterday .in' Wellington, and as the workshop men are_ members of the society, it -was decided to do everything '(possible to secure a full and impartial inquiry on their behalf. The Council hopes to secure an interview ■with the dTou. J. A. Millar, who is now in the north, and communicated with him for that purpose. It also telegraphed regarding the Addington inquiry as -follows : —The Minister for Railways, Auckland, —The Executive Council, now sitting, requests that, the following he 'included in the order of .reference for the Addington inquiry : (1) Mr. Uonayne’s statement as to tlie excessive cost of work at Addington; <2) the alleged dishonesty in. practice, what Air. R. oil ay n o deisignatcs “(Government stroke ; (d) the men's alleged incompetence; (I) the officials’ supposed connivance, with the (alleged dishonesty; (5) the officials’ alleged incompetence as evidenced by the cheaper and more effective results obtained at other railway workshops in the Dominion; (6) the system of control exercised by the general manager and Iris' staff uii. headquarters; (7) the methods of obtaining surppiTies of material for nso in railway workshops as compared with tlioso in vise iby private firms ; (8) the adoption of the most modern appliances and methods; (9) that the men be allowed to nominate one. member of t-lic -Board, also that they bo allowed an advocate, not a solicitor, to appear on their behalf before the Board.

T. E. TAYLOR, BLAMES, ILEADQBARTERS OFFICERS; With reference to the Addington workshops inquiry, Mr. T. ]k Taylor, M-.R., to-day txdegraidu'd msiollows to the Minister of .Railways: \\ hi st recognising that the scope of the order of reference of the Addington, workshops .inquiry as your responsibilty, it is my duty to endeavor to prevent tlio consequences or ninny years’ chronic .mismanagement ,by headquarters officers being visited on the local staff and employees.. I am certain that the .inquiry to prove effective should start at the ton and work down.” . . So far, ,Mr. /Taylor lias not. received any reply.