TRANSPORT IN TOKYO.
A COMPLETE STOPPAGE. TRAMWAYMEN DISMISSED. ENGAGEMENT AT LOWER RATES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. TOKYO, Sept. 3. Tokyo faces a complete stoppage ol the tram and bus services to-morrow as the result of the citv authorities’ dismissal of all the tramway employees with the option of re-engaging them. Many salaries have been reduced by nearly half. Conductors are offered 49 yen a month instead of 105 and motormen 60 yen compared with 109. The services have been losing heavily. Ten thousand employees ace affected.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19352, 4 September 1934, Page 5
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