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SEVEN TRAMS GATCH FIRE DELAY IN TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND,. May 1. There have been no negotiations between the parties in the tramways dispute. Transport officials, when interviewed, said the men are working the trams faster than yesterday, but the tramway service is still a long way from normal. Citizens are still highly critical of the methods adopted by the members of the union, and the secretary of the union, Mr J. Liddell, is receiving numerous complaints by telephone concerning the delay in transport of passengers.
An interesting sidelight is that, according to a statement made by the manager of the Transport Board, Mr Ford, seven trams caught fire yesterday due to slow running and the control levers being allowed to remain too long on the resistance notches. In one case the fire brigade was called out.
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Evening Star, Issue 23564, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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143SLOW RUNNING Evening Star, Issue 23564, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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