THE SOUTH ISLAND.
MEN STILL AT WORK.
POSITION IX CANTERBURY. [BT TELEGRAPH.—rajas ASSOCIATION.} CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday. " Until -we know what i 8 going to happen in the South Island we cannot attempt to draw up an emergency timetable, ' said the district traffic manager today. "If the men here do go out of course -we will do our best, f think' we will be able to keep a few trains runnine on the more important suburban lines including Lyttelton, but all that depends on the number of men who will remain loyal. At present I have no information whatever on that point." It was stated that even without a strike a severe curtailment of the existing services was bound to come in Canterbury It was stated that in the Christchurch yards alone the number of shunters is 14 or 15 below normal, and that in Lyttelton all the shunting has beta done lor waeks by porters.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17457, 29 April 1920, Page 6
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154THE SOUTH ISLAND. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17457, 29 April 1920, Page 6
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