TRAM STRIKE CONTINUES.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 June 1920, Page 5

TRAM STRIKE CONTINUES.

' ■= ii DEADLOCK IN AUCKLAND, | . NO SETTLEMENT MOV*. "I*,! PEOPLE WALK TO J

By Telegraph.—Prew AneeUtMh. ■,| j Auckland, Last . The entire suspension of the trjmrtW l services continued in Auckland .tcHljfcn and present indications are, th4i CM citizens may have to do without In great public convenience fox a jqrotipg ed period. ®§ No disposition has yet been dtovtfjra the City Council on the one tide, .juS the Tramway Union on the oUwrjljg come together in conference ill omR to endeavour to arrive at a Mlntiajpl the present deadlock, the larrloMiJ Mr. Hally, Conciliation ConoMnH have been offered in this coauwtiQlffla Only conductors and iniili)l llllHit|jJM tramway service are on strike, tad tM of the other tramway employee,Mi followed their lead, nor luw< jjftfeii them been thrown out of enptAJfMjfl In the meantime, pending ft ill ment of the dispute which hat awfil them of trams, the citizen* are titf: most part walking to work asd cept the situation in the best gnttp sible. With fine weather eotittl their unaccustomed exercise itttotijg dered unpleasant, but should tto tk be protracted and the weather chattel winter conditions tlie puUio inocm* ience will be doubled. , • '-1 Scores of motor vehicle? fcftYt >9 placed on the road, and reetdgata the suburbs are patronising them.jhjM in spite of the fares charged, fairly high. ' , 'i Suburban train traffic was verf'tyN to-day in consequence of the titaaW strike. It has been estimated .I this morning's trains brought about™ more passengers into the city - than usually the case. The Railway ': partment placed additional wrriagW all suburban /trains on both UoeJ, jfl on the Kaipara line, and the commodation was speedily oecdpMi«<i many had to stand. A hoi; •pftty*":! witnessed at the Auckland tion this evening when tfters WUi great rush for the homeward. M§ trains. During one hour a thouwl tickets over the average were The Minister for Latytf (Sir 8 ties), in answer to an inquiry to<]i(i said: "I have instructed the OQ9sj| tion Commissioner, Mr. Halley, tO.ift to mediate between the parties to-,* tramway dispute. My idea is'tjl*t.l he will wait upon them for the pnipj of ascertaining whether he ctin any service in assisting to bHng >1 trouble to an end." The Minister fii ed that tlie department wa» collectl! full particulars" of the ctaunstait which led up to the strike, ai»4 ») this was completed it would beg mitted to him. 1 ' -I

As explained yesterday about. seTH tramwayraen acting, it is said, 0i1,,J advice of the Transport Worker** J visor.y Epnrd, Wellington (the eXWttJ of the Transport Workers' FWerM of Workers) to the effect theft nil j| ing was "black" until the jockey*' reinstated.'refused yesterday morning run the "specials" that generally-x between Queen Street and RenmeflfcJ the convenience of racegoers. Notlj happened until the time ramo lot| afternoon shift to go on at 3 p,m. J eluded in the shift wercsome of til* who had refused to take the "spec nut in the morning, and wlien tli(P ported they say they were told tramway officials at the bnnitji there was no work for them. In,l they were suspended. • '■ The other men told off to take>- : the' duties of the men who suspended refused, and the whole,; vice gradually came to a stop, *1 trains carried a big proportion 'of! big race <;rowd back from Ellerslie,' many travelled in motor cars the latter plying for hire in *)>t largo numbers, but many hundto people who had gone out by truth? compelled to walk home. > | COUNCIL CONSIDERS. POSITK WEEK'S NOTICE TO NON-STRI!? Auckland, Last. Ni) The City Council considered thf strike to-night, and appointed committee to deal with the matter full power # to act. :'■•a The committee sat immediately the Council meeting, and subsWJ issued the following (1.) The tramway service hM. to run on account of a section' * men having mused duty yesterda) the remainder failing to take cars this morning at both depot® (2.) When the men refused duji tarday, or failed to tnke the oftjjj morning, the Council had no optt|fl to lay np the care, and giv.e ft notice to the other employee* (3.) The Council must insist <9 taining control of the service, not resume services until this Mjfl is adequately establisßld. ' ,'gM (4.) The Council, bi the compelled to give a week's nntMjfl traflic and other employees vlyijjM vices are not needed owing, page of the tramways. .

THE LATEST POSITIONiH NO FURTHER DEVELOPMS^B Auckland, The local 'branch of the Workers' Advisory Board Km ting to-day to consider tho and the jockeys' dispute, of the watersiders, seamety men, drivers, and railwaymen sent. The conference to-night, and will be row. ' The secretary said he had communicate to the Press. tions for a settlement been commenced. The meets to-morrow afternoon. The position at a late 'therefore, was that the still on. No other transport federation lwd strikers and tho jockeys cated any intention ot riding engagements for tO-SWnMjj^^H