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VICTORIAN RAILWAYS I
OPPOSITION TO RETRENCH-
MENTS. #
MINISTRY'S FIRM STAND.
MELBOURNE, February 3.
Pt"^i"proi)0,s.ed retrenchment In the
»T"7 rai!wnya 0WinB t0 decreased
r" Ü?' duc to tno wnfavouraLlo season,
m fussed, last night by the Trades
" r ncil- U was resolved to seek
conference with the Parliamentary
iv^TTPtaVty' and t0 ildVlS0 tIle RaiI
,11 ,i,Ion t0 hola stop-work meetings
"ni"0 men dismissed wero reinstat
inn« .., s much opposition In the
<°ns to the retrenchment proposals.
r\?£in.B H Warrnambool last night,
¡Ä?w, for Railways (Mr. Tunne-
ls; said the many critics had declar
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i
ed that the Labour Ministry was being
dictated to by the unions, particularly
the Australian Railways Union. On the
other hand, the Railways Union was bit-
ter in its condemnation of the Ministry
for not acceding to its demand. . The
truth was that the Ministry was purs«,-"
ing the oven tenor of ita way without
regard to the conservative critics or the
unions, seeking only to do what was the
proper-, thing in the Interests . of the
State. The Ministry, he said, was faced
with a serious problem in the financial
position of the Hallway Department, but
the problem was being tackled sys-
tematically. ' '
The Premier (Mr. Hogan), speaking at
the same meeting, said that the Rail-
ways Department and the closer settle-
ment activities had become financial
catastrophes. The State was losing
£1,000,000 a year on these activities.
Motor competition was a serious thing
for the railways.
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