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TRAMWAY MEN'S GRIEVANCES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 12, 12.15 a.m. Sydney, November 11. A tramway employees' deputation asked* Mr. McGowen to abolish the eyesight test and substitute a practical test, statins that many had failed on the color "test through ignorance, and not color-blindness. They also asked that the Appeal Board Act be amended to provide for an independent chairman and a tramway representative on the board; that all cars be provided with covered-m fronts, and that employees be paid when absent through sickness. Mr. McGowen was sympathetic, but pointed out that these were matters of- administration, and promised to refer them to the Commissioner.
HARVEST PROSPECTS IMPROVING. Received 12. 12.15 a.m. Sjdney, November 1!. Fairly general ra.';\ have greatly improved'the harvest / •-spects in many districts.
TRF -jFTLY. Recei- •■' r2, 12.15 a.m. Sydney, November 11. Mr. Holman, Minister of Justice, has drafted a minute drawing attention to breaches of the law regarding raffles at church bazaars.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 183, 12 November 1910, Page 5
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