TRAM STOPPAGE.
THREAT AT DUNEDIN. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, April 18. A stoppage of all city trams was threatened for 9 o’clock last night following a dispute over the new timetable, but at the last moment the union intimated that a stopwork meeting had been abandoned. The tramways committee will meet the men this morning. It is understood the delicate situation was averted as a result of departmental intervention. During the afternoon Mr J. S. Hunter, of the Labour Department. 'Wellington, arrived by ’plane, conveying a message from Hon. P. C. "Webb that the Government would view gravely persistence in the strike intention, but the Government was prepared to do what it could for the men.
The union’s grievance is that the new service is too fast, increased motor traffic preventing the cars running to time, also giving no spare time between runs and cutting down the mealtime.
Mr Hunter will attend the meeting, this morning.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 117, 18 April 1939, Page 7
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156TRAM STOPPAGE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 117, 18 April 1939, Page 7
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