TAXI DRIVERS GROWING RESTLEES
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INVERCARGILL, Dec. 5. "That this meeting, after h ea ring and consideriiig a re|)ort 011 the taxi dispute by the national secretarv, resolves thai if a date is not obtained by Thursday, Deeember 11 for the hearing of thiu dispute in the Arbitration Court liefot'c Clirislmas, a stopwork meeting be held on Deeember 12 to consider any action which may be considered necessary towards an early. settlement of the dispute and, further, that this meeting instructs the national secretarv to urge upon the Government the necessity for setting up a commission to inquire into all aspects of the taxi iudustry in. New Zealand. ' ' This resolution was carried unanimouslv at a stopwork meeting of about 20 Invercargill taxi drivers today. Alr. D. S. Brown,v vice-president of the Southland Drivers' Union, presidecl. The meeting was attcndod by Alr. A. C. A T e 1 v i 1 1 e , secretarv of the New Zealand Drivers' Union, Alr. D. W. Btalker re presenting the Southland Trades Uonncil, and a representat ive of tlte Labour Department. Alr. Slalker assured tnt; men tliey would have the fnll backing of the Southland Trades Council pro- " vided they acted on constitutionai lines. - . .
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1947, Page 5
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