STAND TELEPHONES
■ ■'/ : —»— — ■ — ;;^....;•.' REPLY TO MR. AY, H. P. BARBER, •lu reply to the remarks of Mr. W- H., P. Barber, Mr.. H. '.Anderson, of .the Carriers' • Union,. wishes to; correct. that councillor on matters of fact .concerning the drivers' stand telephones'.'." Mr. Anderson states that the keys to tho telephone hoses . wer'o originally'.provided by tho union, not by tho City Council, as implied by Mr. Barber. It may be remctabered that the council ' took over ' theso telephones Ironi the union in' April last,' since jvherf they \ have heeli council and the' drivers cannot'be held responsible for their misuse. Five put of the six tele--phone' boxes' could not' bo locked,"and are consequently open day and night. One in-AVakefield-'Street,-which could then bo looked, was broken open. The men complained to Mr. Doyle, inspector, 'and ho.informed them that:they (thedrivers) Tiad.no-right to lock the bos as it was council property. It. bad been open ever since.' The conditions. W/fere • quite unsatisfactory, said Mr. Anderson, but, he added, the blame rested with the council, not the drivers (as.. Councillor Barber would have had the public believe). ■■.-■•-...
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2944, 2 December 1916, Page 4
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181STAND TELEPHONES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2944, 2 December 1916, Page 4
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