TRAMWAY TROUBLE

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 79, 30 September 1918, Page 8

TRAMWAY TROUBLE

NO DEVELOPMENTS '■ ' ,* '■■.'•'■ '•' • ;.'H' ■■" _: ■',■■' *■-'■, There are no further developments in connection: -with the.'; tramway', trouble/: but there are 'distinct.; signs ' of. im-> patience, botli sides.;; ; The. tension seems to be.'increasing, "and;;a 'settlement of, the difficulty may soon be.' forced!.; ' ■ Altogether 31 tramway 'men reported' sick on Saturday—l 6on the a.m. shift and .15 on the p.m. shift. It is believed that the majority, are.'suffering from influenza. ■ Again to-day a num- l her of men reported sick, and unless theweather clears the authorities will experience great difficulty in dealing with the rush-hour traffic this evening. Oh Saturday evening overcrowding was very pronounced.' ' .;:.'.' . ' .' ' NThe twenty minutes' evening service on. the Wallace-street; and Oriental Bay lines will be continued, until further nqtice. In several other directions the time-table has been -readjusted in the hope that the limited number of cars available will be better able to cope with the traffic. While public inconvenience is regretted, it cannot be avoided.

The Island Bay Municipal.' Electors' Association, at its.last : ' 'meeting, ■■ ■ considered the tramway difficulty, and the following.motion was carried unanimously :—"That' this association suggests to the council and the Tramway Union.that/iri'.yiew'of :the great"inconvenience to the public\generally caused by the present tramway trouble, the parties.be urged,;' with a,'view to' a'speedy .settlement, to meet in conference under the presidency of '.a. Minister of the Crown." A copy of the motion has been forwarded to the Acting-Minister', the Mayor, andj the secretary of the Tramway Union.' .'■'■ ■■'.-.. . - "•: „..- : . ■ ,