DOMINION. NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1918, Page 7

DOMINION. NEWS.

RATLWAYMEN-'S WAGES. By Telegraph,—Press Association. Wellington, Oct. 21. Tile largest meeting of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Locomotive Firemen and Cleaners' Association ever held resolved that "the branch demands that the Government immediately give effect to our claims put forward for the last five years for increased wages and overtime for night duty between the hours of f) p.m. snd 8 a.m." This V 'anoh calls upon the executive council 'mmediately to take steps to get these requests recognised and agreed to by the Government, and pledges- itself tu assist the executive council in any action it deems necessary to obtain these requests. The ranch also desires emphatically to Protest against the workin? of so mv-h overtime which, men an called upon to do, in spite of the fact that the busy season is noi in yet. Long hours of worlc at irregular hours and at night are not conducive to good health. CHRTSTCm-RC'T TRAMWAY TROUBLE. . THE GO-SLOW TACTICS Christcliurch. Last Xight. The slow running of the tramcars today, in accordance with the rules, disorganised every time-table', and ears were running as much as 20 minutes behind time on the longer runs like those to Riccarton, Sumner, and Papanui. This was very inconvenient for passengers who relied on keening busint-ss appointments, hut the ptf)i'c,' «o fn;- are. taking the new order of thinsrs with equanimity. The Tramway Board held its usual fortnightlv m#eti".i this after-' nooa, but the men's demands, or the trouble arising out of t.hwn, '.vas not mentioned in open., meeting. .Tt-.is undent 'od tl'-p position is being considered by the board in camera