COUNCILLOR'S OPINION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 202, 21 August 1940, Page 5

COUNCILLOR'S OPINION

THE COST OF LIVING BONUS' COMMENT ON ANOMALIES It was after a brief discussion or salaries and wages, which subject was referred to the Finance Committee for a report, that Councillor W. Sullivan delivered a somewhat lengthy monologue on the Arbitration Court's 'cost of living bonus 1 at the meeting of the Wliakatane Borough Council on Monday night. "How the poor, unfortunate farmer is going to get on, I don't know," was Cr Sullivan's opening remark. The councillor continued, to say that the five per cent increase, based on the minimum award wage, should be extended to the higher paid man. If, as it was called, it was a 'cost of living bonus' the benefits should be distributed equitably. Cr Sullivan said that the increase would probably spread until it applied to all, but those who at present wefe not receiving the increment were penalised by the delay, which might be six months. "It is really to offset what the Government is taking,'* the speaker continued, "and it means that those receiving it are not contributing the National Security tax." Cr Sullivan concluded with the ; observation that because a man with a wage of £6 received an additional 6s, it did not mean that a £10 salary should be increased by 10s,