TRAMWAY' BOARD.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17861, 6 August 1918, Page 7

TRAMWAY' BOARD.

Tho Christchurch Tramway Board met yesterday afi ernoou; present—tho Hon J. Barr (chairnin.ii) and Messrs T. H. Davcy, S. A. Staples, D. Sykos, J. Wood, A. S. Taylor, (i. T. liooth and H. Pearce.

In the course of i'a report, tho Works and Traffic Committee stated that a deputation from the Tramway Union had requested that a 10 per cent war bonus should be givon w its members. This would cost £5616 per annum. If ■emp'o'vecs- working under other awards and were included, the increased cost would be £7239 per annum. Tho award under which tho Tramway Union was now working is an agreement arrived at between both parties without recourse to the machinery of the Indus.rial and Conciliation Act. It was made in Oc'ober last, the expiry date being October 1, 1319. The conditions had not chntnred materially since the agree* mont wa3 made,, and the committee therefore had decided that it could not see its way to comply wit h tho request.' There wore, however, some labourers employed on the permanent way staff whose weekly wagios averaged £2 16s lOd. The committee proposed that these should be increased to £3 3s for forty-eight hours. The recent election had again shown the advisability of a readjustment lof boundaries of tho electoral sub-dis-tricts, and the ounstion of improvement in that and other matters was now under consideration. The report was adopted. The reveuue account presented for the period April 1 to .Tune 9, 1918, showed a,surplus (plus rates from snecia! ratinr aress £324) of £SB93, in comparison with last year's tota". of £1657 (plus rates from special rating areas £328).