TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES IN COURT.
•*>■ A MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT. fßr TELioitArii — Special to TnE Post.] AUCKLAND, This Day. The hesitancy of some witnesses employed by tho Tramways Company, and the similarity in the reports of a "motorplan aud_ conductor concerning a recenl incident in Pstnell, led to some comments from, Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M., during tho hearing of a case in tho Police Court. He said it was a very good thing for the company to have reports sent in of every accident, but he suggested the company should get the motormen and conductors to write out their reports separately and independently, so that the truth could be ascertained. It would be far better,' in the interests of the company as well as justice. The motorman and conductor had shown a good deal of unnecessary hesitation in giving evidence as to what had taken place. It transpired that the Traimvays Company did nob pay the wages of employees when their preseucc in court is necessary. "I lose my wage 3 for the day, 1 ' said a motormuu. His Worship expressed astonishment at this, and allowed expenses to both tho motorman and conductor who had given evidence.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 149, 20 December 1907, Page 7
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195TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES IN COURT. Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 149, 20 December 1907, Page 7
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