Sick Workmates

On Our Job, Issue 7, 1 March 1944, Page 1

Sick Workmates

WE have quite a big list of our work- ’ ’ mates who are off work at present. Some have been off now for some time and we are taking this opportunity of letting you know who they are as far as we know. Motorman Fred Penman is seriously ill in the Public Hospital and has been so for some time. We hope, Fred, that by now you will have shown a turn for the better and be back with us all again soon. Miss Tibbett, one of our lady conductors, has been off work for some months. She has had to have an operation for a heart goitre, but we are pleased to say that she is getting about now and hopes to be back to duty soon. Motorman Harry Tankard is another who has been off for some months. We have not seen Harry nor heard how he is lately, but we hope that he is on his way back to health again as we are all looking forward to seeing him. Motorman Ralph Hampshire has also been off for some months but hopes to be back within the next few weeks. Welcome back, Ralph. We hope you will be fit and well again soon. Motorman Sam Tanner is another whom we saw last week. Sam has been off for some five months and looks a lot better, but is getting' around slowly. He says he would like to be back with us all again and has hopes of being able to do something in the near future. You have surely been missed by those Brooklyn “hillbillies,” Sam. Motorman Ben Fox, who has only been out of hospital for a short time, has had to go back in again. We hope

that it will not be very long before he leaves there for the last time, as surely he must be getting tired of hospital by now. Say, Ben, is there a pretty nurse in the ward that you have your eye on ? Motorman Tom Bradley is also an inmate of the Public Hospital, having had a rough time of late. Here again we are pleased to be able to say that Tom is now on the road to recovery, so hurry back, Tom, they miss you at the union meetings. Motorman Bill Graham has been granted a month’s sick leave and we trust that this period will be more than sufficient to restore him to good health. Motorman Bert Morton has also been granted a month’s sick leave, and here again we hope that at the end of the month he will be fighting fit and looking forward to getting back on the handles. Conductor Bert Cooze has been off work for over a week now. Bert gave an emergency bell as an elderly woman passenger endeavoured to get off the tram as it was moving. Two passengers falling against him knocked him over and as he fell he hurt his ribs on a seat. We trust we will have you back again in a week or so, Bert.