THE TRAMWAY TROUBLE
Sir,—Acoording. to : figures shown, the tramway men are averaging over £4 per week, and yet they are asking for more money, I wonder if theso men ever_ stop.and think out of whose pocket this extra money would have to come—the public's, of course. The taxes this year are already heavier than they were last year. I suppose New Zealand is the only: country in the world at war whose trams are not run by women, and here are men, most of them youths, already earning over £4 per week, and asking more. Where are the 20,000 returned soldiers? Surely 500 of them could run the trams and release the present men for camp. Most of them look strong and veil built, and should now give place to returned men. Our soils of twenty went, and did not stay to ask for more money. Is it fair that any able-bodied man should be left, especially thoso whose places can be filled ?—I am, oto., SOLDIER'S PARENT.
[Tramway employees are not exempt from military service. They nro not treated differently from any othor section of the community as far as the provisions of the Military Service Act are concerned.]
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 2, 27 September 1918, Page 6
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200THE TRAMWAY TROUBLE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 2, 27 September 1918, Page 6
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