Strikers Lose Jobs by Walking Out AS a protest against the dis: missal of a number of their asso-clates for "squeezing" from bus travellers, all the conductors of the ina General Omnibus Ca. failed to report for duty on August 20, With the ce-operation of a number of loyal drivers and the availlable inspectors, a skeleton service Jon the No. 1 and No. 9 routes was Started and maintained throughout ithe day..Of the 88 busses owned foy the company, 34 were thus in juse by the afternoon. This number be increased to 40 today and steps will be taken to restore all the services to. normal within the shortest possible time, All the conductors have been dismissed and their places will be taken by newly-engaged men who Jare now being trained.
A set of demands submitted to were rejected with:
The suspension of services No. 28 and 10-12. caused some. in convenience to residents in outly-jing districts, who made whatever juse they could of the two skeleton services,
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