TRAM SERVICE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11250, 15 April 1908, Page 3

TRAM SERVICE.

(Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, last night. Despite the protest, of. the tramway employes, the City Council has decided to run a Sunday service on Good Friday. Last Good Friday 34,000 penny tickets were sold, and the traffic resulted in a slight, loss.

WELLINGTON, this day. The City Council last week resolved on the recommendation- of the Tramways Committee to run trams on Good Friday. Since then the Employes Union has asked the committee to reconsider the matter. They regarded the Council's decision as somewhat unreasonable, and ask that it be laid aown as a general principle that Christmas Day and Good Friday shall be observed as holidays on the trams. They also asked tliat the electrical engineer should call for volunteers for work on Good Friday, as a good .number of employes did- not desird to work. To this the engineer made a memo: "If we ask for: volunteers we may get no response, or not sufficient men and officers, to run tho service. The men .are paid for the day's work whether they, work ■or not. If they work they . get . an ordinary day's pay in. addition.'' The matter being of immediate importance was . brought before tv special meeting of the City Council yesterday, afternoon. The engineer stated; that on last Good Friday the trams VVerc run at a slight -loss. The takings, were". £245. The Mayor said that 34,000 penny' tickets were sold. The committee dfceided to have a Sunday service on Good/Friday, an aufendment b,y Ci- Mc- %«.'{ to grant a full- holiday 'boing rejected. '• • ; .