STRIKE OF BUSMEN

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 424, 4 May 1937, Page 5

STRIKE OF BUSMEN

OFFICIAL INQUIRY LONG HOURS CAUSE ILL-HEALTH. Irregularity Of The Men’s Lives Press Association—Copyright. Received May 4, 12.5 p.m. London, May 3. The official court of inquiry into the bus strike opened this morning. Mr Bevin intimated that the strikers could not regard it as- an arbitration body and a solution had to be found of the union's claims. He promised not to engender heat, and to assist in calm deliberation. The irregularity of the men's life, the uncertainty of their meals, and the intensification of their work through speeding up and the increased size of the buses were stressed by Mr Bevin, who stated that these circumstances induced ill-health-A shortening of the hours was an absolute necessity. Dr James Woodhall, chief medical officer at the Manor House Hospital at Golder’s Green, a London suburb, said that there was an exceptionally large number of cases of gastric trouble and duodenal ulcers among bus drivers, who complained of headaches and dizziness, following traffic jams. These symptoms were consistent with carbon monoxide fumes.