STEAMER PASSENGERS
Screening System Adopted PA CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 25. With four dissenters, a mass meeting of 900 railwaymen in, the Civic Theatre on Sunday morning expressed confidence in the executives of the striking unions and affirmed their determination to remain on strike until success with their demands was achieved. A strike committee of rank and file members was elected by the meeting to conduct the strike in the Christchurch area. The joint secretaries of the strike committee reported that the Christchurch Tramway Employees’ Unipn and the Canterbury Drivers’Union had immediately offered their full support to thd striking railwaymen. A committee representative of the strikers and the’ tramwaymen and drivers had been set up to , screen the work done by the drivers and tramwaymen to ensure that they did no other than their normal transport work.’ Provided that taxi drivers screened their passengers, the committee had agreed to limited transport to and from the inter-island steamer and Christchurch. “ This is a trial to see how far we can assist those who need assistance, but if we find that the plan # is being abused we shall stop it,” said the joint secretaries. The committee has asked that taxi passengers be limited to women with children and old and sick people.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27581, 26 December 1950, Page 4
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