Scotoh Railwaymen's Hardships

Mr John G Mair, organising secre tary of fefae amalgamated society of railway servants, writing to the People's Journal, say a :—

la my previous letter to you on the i above subject I gave liata of the hours J worked by drivers, firemen, and goodai guards, in five different centres of the l^Tortfa British system, bat in order to prove itill farther that systematic over work amongst these grades is general, and not confined to any particular diatriotS) I give you a few more sample saaea from other centres of that Gom- j paay'a system aa follows ;—The driver und fireman on the Montrose and Both well goods ferainfor 16 days in October worked 220 hoars, being 60 hours over a ten honra day, or an average day of I3f faottr@, while the driver and fire - man on the Dundee and Dunfermiine goods train for 12 days ending 16th November worked 157 hoars 25 min utes, being 37 hours 25 minutes over n 10 hours day. The goods gaarda on the Dunfermiine *nd Bowenhall train, which ia booked out for 10| hours, were on duty for 12 days ending November 9th, 176 hours 35 minotes, or 56 hoars 35 minutes over a 10 boars day, while the day's work ranged from 13 hoars 85 minutes to 18|- hoars, while the goods guards on the Danfennline and Oharlestown train were on duty for 17 days in November, 233 hours 19 min utes, being 63 boors 10 minufea over a 10 hoars day. Spare goods guards at Danfennliae worked for six days in September 80 houra 15 minutes, and for six days in November 78 hours 30 minutes, being 20-| : and 18 J hours respectively over a ten hours dij. Baring December drivers and firemen at Barntisland were on doty for spells of 17 hoars 5 minutes, 15 hours 40 minntee, 14 hours 5 miuatesj 13-| hoars 15f hoars, 18^ hoars, 13| houra, 16 hoars, IS hoars, 18| hoarp, 14f hours, 12| hoars, 13f hoars, 16| hoars, 14 hoars, 15Jj hours, ISf hours, 14 hoars, 14| hears, 13 hoars, and 17 hoars; while

THE DRIVER AND FIRKMBN OB the Botbwell and Grangemouth train for the week ending December 21 worked J8 boafa 15 minutes. Such excessive hours of labour for trainmen Is a public qaestloo,. and one in which the travelling public should take a deep intaresfc. Let the public ponder •what great disaster might occur if the drowsy engine driver were Id pass the signal at danger, or the guard to fail: to aasiife Ihe driver to stop his train in ik case of emergency. The public have a right to demand that the Railway Companies Should work their men such reasonable hoars as would enable them to be Id a fit and proper condition to : ensure their safety wMla travelling, j und we trust they exercise that power to the fullest advantage. The Board of Trade officers when reporting on railway accidents have over and over again condemned long hoars of Üboar 88 being aciafe, an t l the late Fir Firtisels Marindin, reporting on the Castleeraig aceideot in March 1894, eaye i—ln this rase the men at fault had not betn at work for any great length of time, bat it appears from the evidence that the normal honrs of work of alt the men, signal men, drivers, and guards, are about 12 hours, which is t"o Ir-ng a period for any men to work con- j tinuoaslr* and! should bo tolerated only I where the work is of a very light and i intermittent character, with conaidflrtbln j Internals for reel," Lieutenant Oolonol Yorke, reporting; in January 1899 on the collision which occurr-.ul at Thr<-o Oountifs Station, on the Grstt Nor thern Railway, states;—" This man (tho driver) bid been on duty exactly 12 boars, and perhaps this fact renders it

possible to take a Iflnirnt ?jew of his fault, for it can hardly bo expected tint a man who has bfen at work for bo miny feourp, especially during the night and early morning, can maintain that degree of vigilance 10J caation wh!ch is essentUl for safety. And the Company should, I pohmit, be reminded that thp Board of Trade regard 10 hours or thereabouts «i the limit beyond which the toar of duty of a drim ani firpman ifaould not extend except in caso of emergency." Afteraach strong; con demnation of long hours by the ofli ©enofthe Board of Trade no further oommeal is reqairad from me,

The Coronation Chair.

Almost every one knowa something of the matvellccs history of the stone of crowning brought bf Edward I, frcrn Scotland, offered bf him as a token of oonqneeb ab the shrins of the Confer sor, and soon afterwards Incorporated with the Coronation Chair on which all English monarchy have eabseqisently bee n crowned. Legend has it that this is the identical stone on which the patriarch Jaoob slept and poiuect oil at Loss, and that its firafc journey was early Jn the Christian era, when it was conveyed to OompoHtella In Spain. Credible historians believa that like co many other good things, thia stone of destiny (whatever may have been Its earliest aasocktioos) came from Ireland, and was

TAKEN THENCE TO SCOTLAND afc the beglaning of the ninth century. Edward I. originally intended to have the eneloslngehafr for this sfeone worked in bronze, but after the work of casting was began he changed his mind, and one hundred shillings were paid for a chair in ask of the same design. This chair was delicately gilded and painted after a foeantlfal fashion. To the delight of antiquaries a certain amount of the original decoration of 600 years ago still remains.

IHB ASHBUETON GOABDIaN . WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1902

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WANTED KNOWN-We consider that aatiafied Customera are the beat: possible advertisement, and we do all in our power to "geb there," Don't forgeb th!« when making out your household iisb of Drapery and visit Mitchell & Itokbb. The Drapers



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13 ATTX tan baking powder is the greao JL cab novelty you ever saw, Sold all



greoers.



T>J2 wise and save money, Bay your * 1 Jro^ m& Shooa ab Melxok's Zealandla Boot Store,



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LOASBY'S KOOLIBAH for all muscular pains, strains, sprains, and mueolo aoreoeHß; gives quick relief; the Athlete'i Jmend ; 233 everywhere



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KOOLIBAH cares. Rheumatism, Head ache, Lumbago,' and Sciatica, Al paiisa disappear under Koolib&h : 2a every where «»wiy



I) E3 wise and save momy. Buy your i , °°'s l nd bhoea at Mellob s, Hofce — Zealanaia Boot Store.



T Uhdeilli E Undbill T H UNDBILL & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND, Pelkaheci OofSas a Specialty A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreath !n Stock. -—- Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; also care cf Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. £



STRANBE'S SALE HUGE SUCCESS. fTIHE Summer Sale of W. STRANGE X and CO. having been extended to the Sample } BDRNRTT f Sample Booms \ STREET [ Rooma Has met with the thorough appreciation of the Aahburfcon public Crowded—l 6 Days' Rush—Crowded We haye te apologise to those Clients who were unable to get within tha door, but would remind them there are HEAPS OF BARGAINS atriving every day, Furniture, Bedding, Etc, at Manufac turers' Pfloes Call ia Now and SAVE POUNDS Oar Great Pantechnicon ia arriving again next week, for which we are oow booking orders Be wise, and get your Furniture delivered to your home without a scratch,



ME S J. LLOYB, MUSIC SELLER, &o. T)EGISTEBED TEACHER of Xi MUSIC Musical Instruments of every description. Latsst mnsic by every mail. Sheet Music from sixpence ; Musical Toys, etc, for Christmas. AGENT FOR Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machines, Rotary Motloa and Ball Beatings, Rapid queit and durable Family Machine, also | Btoam Power. AGENT FOR EMPEESS NEEDLE. Lessons free, Materials kept. Tanoehd Sf ehbe (next Hall, Herbalist



MAKE no mistake ; if ib is Boots and Shoes yon require, then go straight to Melior's Zealandla Boot; Store. You cau get hundreds of pairs to pick from afc Melloe's.



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WANTED KNOWN-That J Moisov has made immense reductions in order to clear more quickly, and make room foe his new Chaietmas Stock of Boots and Shoes, of best quality just arrived Repair" ing done at once, best leather used ; the Hall —next Coord House, Aehburctsa, 11 Iqs



WANTED KNOWN-Ihat a big ] iC6 of Lac 9 Curtains we have j US fc landed ,«u Paparoa, is fnil of really nice goods at tempting prioee. Full display i n our wiadows—MnoHßLi. & Tubnbb



ITT ANTED onr lady Wends to note y thab Mbuob's Z 3 alandia Boob btore haa hnndreda of paira of American Boots and Shoes at pric3a second to nona in Ashburfcon,



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PRINCE Albert Private Hotel, Wills Street (oear Railway Station and Pos(j Office), Ashburton. Under New Manage ment. First Class Accommodation Tor Boarders, the Travelling Public, and Faml' m „ Good Table kePb» Hob aßd Cold Baths, Tariff moderate. Looae Boxes for Horses. Letters and Telegrams promptly replied to. -A. H. FJ3LLINGHAM Proprietor. 11176 TAMES BAKER in thanking Patrons for tl past favours, would solicit a coatinu anoe te his successors, W. & M. BAKER, who will carry on the business ss usual aft the Furnishing Warehouse, Havelock Street 12 127



NGTIOB) OF REMOTAL, MX J."b". BAIN, OUEGEON DENTIST, Has Removed to Wardell's Buildings, Cashel Street, Ohrlstchuroh. Telephone 956, 2 104



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