THE TRAMWAYS DISPUTE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14867, 19 December 1911, Page 8

THE TRAMWAYS DISPUTE.

DaBTlc ~~~ — ' r,;■< PARTIES CONFER TO.MOHRO ' GABLE FROM MB. TEGETMEIER, ■ ■ . — A further stage in th ° <*>«. the Auckland Electric m „» y , a and the Tramway, Union h« b«V2? ' Arrangements were made ( „ ,J"*L to meet in conference last night hut. a ♦ gram from Mr. Glover, secret " New Zealand Labour Federation, was in ■ strumental in this arrangement bei„e ? 1 toed. Ilio telegram was as f0110w,,. * :; 4< Representatives of my organisation" meet you in conference on December 20 Z ' respect to tramwaymen'g new referent V V Telegraph if agreeable." , I Mr. J. J. Walklate, general manager ofi the company, has agreed to the conferer^ being postponed until to-morrow 1 spoken to on the subject he said it S ■ " peared to him that the matter as now ' • in tne hands of the federation. In vi«v of this, it should be better to hold the con • ' ference when representatives of the fedei-»' tion could be present. The postponement. J would also give another chance of tryinttto $t! got into communication with Mr TefeL meier (chairman of directors of the coin * ' ' pany), who was on his way to Auckland a The following cable message, dated hem Adelaide on Saturday, has been received' * V' from the chairman of directors :by Vr •• WalklateSeeing that I shall arrive 'in ' 1 Auckland on December £4,, and am pre- '*' pared to deal with the matter immediately' < : on arrival, and that whatever arrangement *' is made after my arrival will operate retro, spectively, the action of the. union lin 1 threatening to strike on December 22, at J ■ a time when it would causo the greatest - I possible public inconvenience, seems hardly fair .tactics. I still hope that the union will not be so unreasonable as to take ex.*k tremc measures, especially, in view of the II fact that the company is honestly desirouj §f of meeting them fairly, and that" you have already offered to meet their demands to a very large extent." ■ " i Mr. W. Parry, of Waihi, a vice-presi- -' * dent of the New Zealand Labour Federa- ■ ' tion, will represent that body at the, con. ' ference to-morrow. He is expected to jus rive here to-day. - *[ ■■■■■■IB Hill 111 I ■ ■■MHRMHMHHf