TRAMWAY STRIKE
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Three Men Before Court
CHARGED USING VIOLENCE
LENGTHY TERMS IMPRISONMENT
(Per Press Association)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
As the result of the tramway strike distr übances three ex-tramwaymen were charged this morning with using Violence toward a loyal worker who was pulled off a bicycle and knocked about last Friday.
Ernest George Ellis (43) an exmotorman, concerned in two charges, was sentenced to six months’ hard labour, and George Albert Knowles (36), an ex-conductor, to three months’ hard labour.
Charges against Colin Dixon were dismissed.
The trams are running without interruption to-day and most of the relief workers are working.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 118, 13 May 1932, Page 5
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102TRAMWAY STRIKE Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 118, 13 May 1932, Page 5
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