USE OF STREET TELEPHONES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2699, 19 February 1916, Page 3

USE OF STREET TELEPHONES

TWO POINTS OF VIEW. At the last meeting of tho City Council, it was decided that Do street telephones should be used in Wellington except those under the control of tho City Council. ibis decision does not meet with tho approval of the Wellington Carriers' union, whose president and secrotary on tho .By-Laws Commifctoo of the City Council, asking for tho exemption of its telephone on tho Grey Street stand from the operation of the City Council's decision, ilio council to arrange for tlie payment for the same by adding the required amount to tho license feos paid by members of tho union. Tho committee waa also interviewed by Quoroo and Jlargroavos, carriers outside tho union, who heartily approvo of tho council's action in making the street tclcphouos available to all carriois. It came out that tho application of tho union for tho oxemptioji of tho Grey Street telephone was a means to practically create a monopoly on that important stand for tho members of the union, a matter which had caused considerable trouble in the past, hvidenco was given that tho inombers o! the union only numbered about 25, out of between 300 and <100 liconsod carriers. The committeo will report on tho matter to tho City Council in due course.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Ajax."—Your statement is correct. Councillor Frost moved that the question before the council be referred back to the Outlying Committeo for further consideration. The council divided as follows:—Ayes: Councillors Frost, Godbcr, Thompson, and Wright* Noes: The Mayor, Council- , lors Atkinson, Bennett, Bush, Fitzgerald, ilildreth, Luckie, Hutcheson, M'Kenzie, and Veitoh.