WELLINGTON TRAM SERVICE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13350, 7 April 1914, Page 7

WELLINGTON TRAM SERVICE.

(Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, last night. In reference to the complete' settlement arrived at by the Conciliation Council with regard to the* Wellington Tramway employees' dispute, Mr Hally, the Commissioner, said that the Council had succeeded ir* adjusting the whoie bf the matters ia dispute in a general sense. 'The men would benefit considerably from the monetary point of view, .while on the other hand the Corporation would have the advantage that some of the time which previously had been wasted by some men would now be occupied in running trams. Under the old award men. were allowed ( half-an - hour for signing on and signing' off, ano: a good deal of time was. wasted -ne the commencement and end of the journey, during which the car was standing idle. Under the new arrangement, which will come into force shortly, all this ti moor practically the whole of it— will be occupied by the trams in earning revenue.' As an illustration of concessions or increased wages given to the men Mr Hally said that whereas under the old award a motorman with over seven years' service was entitled to Is 2_,d per hour," a motorman with three years service would in, future receive Is 2£d per hour, while a man who had served seven years as a senior motorman would receive Is 3d per hour. The wages conceded the conductors were as follows, the old rates being given in parentheses: First-year . men lsf per hour (Hid), second-year men Is Oijd (%s.\, over three years Is Id (Is ©£d)i Mr 'HiiUy added that a niuriber of other conditions of benefit to both parties had been agreed upon. The whole of the adjustment of the business, he said, in conclusion, had been brought about through the instrumentality of tho city engineer (Mr ; Morton) and those who had been associated- with him.