THE TRAMWAY DISPUTE.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10536, 23 December 1899, Page 3

THE TRAMWAY DISPUTE.

k *JP*> -*M*nn_f of the dispute between ,t___ > H Wirutchnrch United Tramway and Livery otehlee, Grooms', Drivers', and Guard*' «■*»»' *wl tho Christchurch Tramway V < Company, tlie New Brighton Tramway Com-I-any* the City and Suburban Tramway Com--4 P»»y. J. Delamain and Co., and W. Hey wwd and 00., wa* then proceeded with.

Messrs W. 6. Palmer, B. Evans, and R. Aitken represented the Union. Mr O. Mclntyre said that a formal protest Aad been lodged witu the Board of .Conciliation against the proceedings, and Mr Harper was there to argue on behalf of the employers.. . Mr Palmer said ke»must object- to the appearance of counsel, as Ids side had had no notice that it waa intended to have legal argument. If counsel were to be employed he desired an adjournment. Mr Harper, in reply to his Honour, said he represented the three Tramway Companies, and the objection taken was the same as that raised in the grocers' dispute, namely, that tramway employers were not engaged in '.employment •of an industrial 1 '-haracter, and therefore could not have an iward made. '. ' His Honour adjourned the case until , January 4th, at 10.30 a.m., at the Supreme j Court.