STRIKE SIGNAL AWAITES
I CAPETOWN TRANSPORT MSN —— ' I • ■ ’J ) TRAFFIC PARALYSIS THREAT ■■i ■ ' I I REJECTION OP DEMANDS - By. Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.', - J Gapetdwnj Dee. 21. , The city of Capetown is faced with th* serious problem of having bus and tram traffic paralysed at the height of the , Christmas shopping season.' ' A huge meeting of tram and 'bus tih- . ployees was held at midnight and lashed , four hours to’decide whether they should , strike as the .result of failure to obtain from the employers the demands® they made in regard' to wages and conditions of service. . The actual result, of .the ballot takenon the question ii. unknown, as ithe’Presa was ; rigorously excluded from the meeting, .but it is authoritatively learned that the men definitely favoured a .strike. The actual time of its commencement is being kept’ , a closely guarded secret, but it'is known that the buses and trams will stop at * prearranged signal. The men.have been warned thkt if. strike they will be instantly; dismissed. . F —— - - ——
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1930, Page 9
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