Scientists' Salaries Equal To Labourers
DUNEDIN, Nov. 1. "TTow can we hope to reeruit re neareh scientists with salaries like tliis;'" asked IMr F. G. Penford (Can terburv Association) at the annual conferenee of the N.Z. Manufacturers' Federation when quoting from an advertisement appcaring in u morning paper in which the De])artment of Scientific and Tndustrial Research sought applications from university graduates witii M.Se., and B.Sc., with first-class honours while offcring salaries ranging from £372 "per annum to £447. "Here we are." he said, "offering salaries to a B.Se., with first-class honours that are eomparable with those of a labourer. " The countrv should offer salaries that Avould attract. He added: "A nian Avould require .to have tremendous enthusiasm for his job or he would not stop at it. He would get out into private undertakings. " NTr. Penfold said he had taken this mtter up time and time again. Minis ters were sympathetie, but said thev could do nothing as the question rested olelv Avith the Pnblic Service Comnissitmer. . I
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 November 1949, Page 7
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