A GO-SLOW STRIKE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19762, 13 April 1926, Page 9

A GO-SLOW STRIKE

MELBOURNE TRAMWAYS. SERIOUS TRAFFIC CONGESTION, (Prase Association—By ,’elegrapb—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, April 12. Serious dislocation was caused during the week-end by the “regulation strike” on the tramways. At the end of the day the cars were nearly two hours behind schedule time. Trams during the busy hours were passing through SKvanston street at intervals from 12 to 20 minutes, whereas normally there is only an interval of two minutes between tlfe cars. The resultant congestion and inconvenience to the public was enormous. Conductors endeavoured to enforce the regulation, prohibiting riding on footboards and buffers, but threats of direct action by a number of young men anxious to get home resulted in less attention being paid to this rule. APPLICATION TO COURT. ARBITRATION AND DIRECT ACTION. MELBOURNE, April 12. (Received April 12, at 10 p.m.) The Arbitration Court refused the application of the Tramway Employees Associa tion for a variation of the existing award, the Deputy President stating that the men could not have arbitration and direct action. He added that if the resolution directin'- the men to go slow were rescinded he would consider the dispute on its merits and the application could be renewed to-morrow.