“No’ to tunnel staff?
j The State Services Com- : mission is believed to i have rejected an appli- ! cation by Christchurchj Lyttelton road-tunnel staff j to be absorbed as one unit into the Public Service ’ after the abolition of tolls ’ for the tunnel. I The staff had earlier j delivered a letter in perj son to the office of the I Minister Of State Sendees ■ (Mr Gordon) saying that a j precedent bad been set I with the take-over of the i Christchurch City Couui cil’s traffic department by I the Ministry of Transport. They had indicated that | unless a satisfactory 1 assurance was received by ’! 7 p.tn. lasi Wednesday
toll-collecting staff would withdraw their services. Mr Gordon said on Wednesday that the man ter would be referred to the State Services Com< mission for urgent atten. tion and that a repl, would be given last Thttrs* day or Friday. A telephone cal! to the tunnel staff from the State Services Commission on Friday advised that a let. ter with the decision It is believed that ths application has been re. jected on the grounds that a special act of Parliament will dissolve the tunnel authority when the tolls are abolished next April.
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