ENGINE DRIVERS STRIKE
WEST AUSTRALIA RAILWAYS PERTH, Feb. 29.
Because of a strike of engine drivers the whole of the Western Australian rail transport system is idle. Although there have been congestion and inconvenience. comparatively few people have failed to reach their work in Perth. All other alternative forms of transport have been fully loaded. Special issues of petrol are being made for the road cartage of perishable goods. The point at issue between the engine drivers and the railway department is the use of new Garratt engines through a tunnel in the Darling Ranges on the main Perth-Kalgoorlie line. A compulsory conference of both parties will be held to-day.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25473, 1 March 1944, Page 5
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