WOMEN TRAM CONDUCTORS
(By Telegraph.—Press Association) AUCKLAND, Monday When members of the Auckland Transport Board met today they were surprised to see twenty women tramway conductors seated in the public gallery in the board room. The Engineer-Manager, Mr A. E. Ford, said they were commencing duty today. The chairman, Mr J. Sayegh, said they would be welcomed by tne public, and as they progressed they would stabilise the employment position. “They can jack up a car and swing trolley pole with the best men in the service,” said Mr Ford as the women filed out to report for duty.
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Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21750, 9 June 1942, Page 2
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