TRAM STRIKE ECHO
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MEMBERS BECOME HEATED IN EXPRESSION OF VIEWS LADY MEMBER SHOULD RESIGN
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CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Describing the mediators as partisans, and c'riticising the manner of the Tramway Union's de.putation and declining to accept any blame for the tramway strike, members of the Christchurch Tramway Board spent more than an hour this afternoon in a lively debate on the pros and cons of the dispute. Mrs E. R. McCombs, who gave rise to the discussion by attacking the board's attitude, was in turn attacked by other members of the board, one of who said she would best serve the community by resigning. After declaring emphatically that there had been no victimisation in the selection of the men who were dismissed, Mr. D. Sykes went on to say that if he had had a hand in the business, the president of tbe union, Mr. J. Matliison, on account of his soap-box agitation, would have been the first man to go. Ultimately, votes of thanks were passed to all the employees and to the temporary police who assisted the board during the strenuous period of the strike. On more than one occasion the discussion grew heated and the. chairman had to intervene.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 234, 24 May 1932, Page 5
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205TRAM STRIKE ECHO Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 234, 24 May 1932, Page 5
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