TRAMWAY DISPUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 133, 5 June 1919, Page 7

TRAMWAY DISPUTE.

OFFER TO THE MEN. . A FIVE-SHILLINGS RISK. PROBABJLK REJECTION. ! Following receipt of cabled advice from Uindon. tin- manager of the Auckland 'Tramway Company (Mr. J. .1. Walklate) J has communicated to the union represeu- , tatives an oiler of settlement in connee-

tion with the present dispute Tlie details of the offer have not yet boon revealed, but it is stated in union circles that it is practically equivalent to a rise of five shillings a week to some of the classes of workers provided for by the award of September last. It is stated that the list of workers who would be benefited by the increase does not include the salaried officers, shop foremen in thf electricians', blacksmiths", truck overhaulers' and paint simps, noi the clerks, who were completely ignored in the As the union has intimated its intention not to consider any piecemeal settlement of the dispute, it may therefore br assumed that the prospects of the present offer providing a way out of the threat-

ened strike are not bright. The strike notice expires at 4.37 on Tuesday nextMeantime the communication received from the directors will be considered by j the committee of the New Zealand Trans- : port Workers' Advisory Board, into I whose hands the dispute has now passed, I and Mr. J. Roberts, secretary of the Board, arrived in Auckland to-day to I take charge of the dispute. | It is probable that a conference will be held prior to the expiry of the strike notices, and this may have the effect of tiding over the present serious position in regard to the dispute. Tt is stated that the men who are ex- ' eluded l>y the present offer of the Trami way Company number about 20. i The Tramway Officers' Union will hold ■ a meeting at the Working Men's Club j to-morrow night to receive Mr. WalkI late's proposals. I I __________________ !