MELBOURNE TRAM STRIKE.
MORE HOPEFUL OUTLOOK,
(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) MELBOURNE, May 6.
A conference of the Tramway Board Trades Hall and! tramway employees’ representatives discussed the strike.
Cabinet lias decided not to intervene, as the Tramway Board is clothed with all necessary authority to enforce discipline in its service and protect the public. The lack of trams to-day caused great inconvenience.
The men to-night discuss the proceedings of the conference, which have not been made public.
AN' ABORTIVE CONFERENCE,
(Received May 7, 10 a,.m.) MELBOURNE,, May 7. The Tramway Board, after a long discussion with the Trades Hall Disputed’ Committee, and other representatives of the men, refused to reinstate the gripman involved, and the strike remains unsettled. The Board’s attitude is that work must be resumed before anything further is done in. the matter.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16424, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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136MELBOURNE TRAM STRIKE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16424, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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