STRIKE ON A TRAIN.
COOKS AND STEWARDS. TOO MANY PASSENGERS. Tronble has been brewing among the stewards and cooks on the trans-Aus-tralian railway, owing to alleged overloading, and a few days ago the stationmaster at Parkeston was notified that as more than the complement was booked the stewards refused to take out the dining car, and the conductors also 10 " fused to act. The stationmaster communicated wit headquarters, and he was instructed to suspend the crew if they refused to the train. The men persisted m their refusal, and were suspended. Efforts to secure a scratch crew were unsuccessful, and the stationmaster, -M-r-Seymour, convened a meeting .of the p Bengers, and explained that he worn despatch the train if the passengers attend to their own wants. He aaa that there would be ample food the train. Most of the passengers navu<* agreed to this, the train was despatches after four hours' delay. . The engine crew communicated ;»|« .'"fe headquarters, but as a meeting aI executive could not be arranged at■ . short notice the driver was W , - carry, on.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19857, 30 January 1928, Page 6
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177STRIKE ON A TRAIN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19857, 30 January 1928, Page 6
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