RUN CHRISTMAS CARS ?

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1619, 10 December 1912, Page 5

RUN CHRISTMAS CARS ?

PROTEST BY TRADES COUNCIL. . Consequent upon the decision of. ths City Council to run cars on Christmai ■! Day, a deputation consisting of Messrs. 11. J. Reunion (president of tho Trades . j Council), W. C. Noot (secretary), and It. S. Bedford waited upon the Mayor (Mr, i D. M'Laren) with tho object fit- entering a protest. Thellieputation was tlio result . ; of representations mado by tile Trainwaj , Employees' Union to the Trades ' As the City Council by a majority, de< ' cided to run tho sen-ice on the lines re* commended by the Board of Management, the Mayor thought there would bo some / ; difficulty in reopening the matter. The deputation protested against the action of any majority in so deciding. Jlr. Reardon | traversed tile statement of tho engineer j -.bat it would pay .tho council. This,, ho j | s-iti. was scarcely in accordance with tho ; i acresaisot, which provided'tliat double | um* slu'll be paid to men who work "on "■ j CbrWraaa i>vy, and also prbvided' that 1.1 iLv ■: i-;\v be given to tlife men ! j ili'! is<>r Ho thereforo claimed ' .■ '.'im \.h ; : work on Christmas | Da„ '.mi. .:rti(l«d " I, reo_ days' pay, ■ . : Protest w;n ptso m?<"' ~>inst 'the run- ] , ning of ;',bur'"> i.va an. hourly i service. ' ... . .. ! The Mayor rowio! iTt a! hi- On! Nov. Mi ink . I tho council would ?.s ii-.v- l-> emr!,r>it ' J a breach of the agreonvrii. Jj; :, a!r! yj. .] porl to tho council th.« ro'iii i made by the deputation, asi! V v ;>W .-•=5;0 r * ; tain whether tile proposal, tc. r.i.ri j twenty-minutes' service on some oi t!>« tllnea .to a breach o? the o^reemcjiU