SICK PAY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1586, 1 November 1912, Page 6

SICK PAY.

: FOB TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES. ■ . ■ -.it ! System?- •■ . ' . SHOTJI/D. BENEFITS BE, TAKEN 1 iNTO . v . ;;, - account?•■■.;;■.-.;;;■ •..!■■' ', ' Considerable discission took pliice at'tlie.. City Council meeting last night over .a. proposal by. the Tramways Board'p? Maiiagfeineffit to mflke' a deduction. frbni. ' tti'b'.compassionate allowancegranted, to ' mployeeSi equal tq ! the' arn'punt ■gr.anted-tp , - ;stieh Employees -by bertefit. societies;' , :,The. .qijestioji tame .beljbre.the. council.'■invthfi.. rower Stations arid Tramways : Commit- , •teo's report,. .■.'■' . ..'. .. ..' : . The committee.. that,'they ■ ' had given.-cpn'sideTation (to -the,..ques.-.. . tion of the'coinpassipnate; , -ailawauces . gFa.iite(V to tramjvay'.employees for the ■" time- such; employees ■ ore", absent' /ifroni work.osring to \ accidents''' sustained:': , whilst on duty. The ! Tramways.B6ard , of Minigeiiieut recommended" that in such cases ■'4<lMuctJoiie.auaT to the - amount-jointed, to an, euiploy.ee by a, : benefit eociety, to:'iS:hi6h...lie Bhbuldbelo.ng, should be Jihade when. making ,•! wages up to full. ' The Board of .SlanT : agenveht also .recommended that , :.the , ■'■ Benefit , , Society, to^.'the■extent ''of. Vs. tyi ■per , ., , , financial member; per.itniitim,. p&yabUi". , in quarterly instalments, dating ■fioiriV ~ the last iio.anpial.yjear. . The;,j)rese.nt-v. ;•■ membership of the -epciety :is-24<)i ■antl/:. ,' the subsidyi basjd'oji this number, ■ ', woulft)» JIM per annum. '■■ :■■ '..'■ ■. '.':■■ ' Fletcher movoil thatHho.-niftfr ter be referred; back tp,,t.he committee.-vlji ■floing: so h&pointed:oUt.thatpivapiev'i.pus. .oceii.si.cn it hadjb.egn decided.. that .the. question of the 'amduni:-.' any ,, : ic.iriployee should Tsccivo irp.in a .'benefit; , , society: should not b> taken indo accouitiwheri framing'flip compassionate.al.lpw©ce.-Ho expressed'■ himself, as sfoxmgly,.'.agajiist i thb. ..pniiciple embodied' in. the iboar&iecom-' emendation. ■, ■■;'. ■' ■■. \\-".'.':','..\ . Councillor Smith se.co.n3ed' tho motibrito' refer the report, back. 'Ho .considered that. the effect .cf the recommendation , iwpuld , . bo to penalise a man;-because..,he, beentlnifty. It WJisnot n.fai , r.,way , -.'to. , .trea , ta; ■man Who.-had been ewd<jayb.uriiig- to make lias position right in resittl 'tp- his',family;.' The report ought to lie further considered ,w struck put ol'togethcr: , ' , ■■■ .;. ■'"'."'/•. -. ; The Mayor explained thiitthe:■'.practice. had been to pay the liie'ji. lull ..pay ..absent on account,of ■.accid.en£s;,V!ind'.not.-, merely half-pay'as requi'rcd'.by law% .'./Tlibi Traniway Board made "tlie ■' iecommendation becaiisd. it \vas- coilsidered thaf-.it : . would 'not: -wo'iJK;- well tp. ..pay-.the'-fujlv. amount of wages and.have the emplpyeb receiving a \yeek .'. from' - V benefit:: society in . addition -tpiiis wages;'. : It'. ■Woqld' nipan that wJieii.», man had ari: ■oscident. lib ArouW be inrepeipt .'of',\aj larger income than. *heii he was .rweli; The effect of the reconimehdatiqn .would bo that, instead of .paying fullwagesj tlie:! council .would pay full wages less ',il :a.j .week, in case of accidents, and wbiildi [also pay 7s. 6d. .po.r' annum for*.' each": .mfemliei 1 of the Tramway Benefit Society.;.! Councillor Shirtclifioh&ld thnt.as.long] ■a$ the counpil ftftered a uian. full wages, in. time of accident, he was being offered: no inducement tp join a benefit society. Under the present system 9 man might ! .iM getting iupre nipnoy when he was'i "laid up" than when ne wns weil. The ■council should Use.'all its' influence to J induce men to join benefit societies.' ■ ■ v Councillor Tvegear was-.'.of opinion that in dealing jvitli this question the ■co'.inc.ii . had no business to looka.t what was ,to any benefit society. "Ho regarded the" proposal as -a tins upon , thrifl. Vfhen a mail was injured, there -wna always mo.re monoy going out in expensqs, 'and he wnntetl all' Ibe monoy he chnld get; ■ ■' 'Councillor ITi.ndma'i'sh .considered tliat those coiincillors: who desired ■• that MM shoiiWl'eccivo full' pay wljeir injured .would 1« doing tlie best thing , for ■ the nien by supporting.the rocoininc.hdat.ion of the committee. : e . Councillor Trevor was opposed .'tp.Atno.. prinniplo of. a. man. .getting more 'iiibftey when he was injured than when he was well and working.-. The system njiglit load te malingering, They.liad no. j'ight' to pay a. fnail more.mpney. when he was injured than when he was workiii" oh full wages. •■■■.' '• ' °- ■ • ■ Councillor JFrcist lipped-the report would' be icferrfd back, because, he objected to the subsidy to the-Tfamway■ Benefit Society. They hud no' right to uso':tho' citizens' nioneyto subsidise irny special .lodge- ■■ - ..-■■-,,■.. .< ,-... After Councillors Gbhen, Camerpn, and Jl'Kenzie ,'h.ad briefly expressed, ''ttoir: views- oil 'the. qiiejtion,' the motip.n to -referthe .report back was , carried- Pit the voices.'

MucaboU throughout the ttoitei-- ' Kujgdorfl costs ttie rategftrers JC29.000.000

SIR WILLIAM JUKES STEjVARD;'' . . ■'. JALONG I?OL^IpAL;iaA'RpB.' : S-il J .-.Sir William Jukei.Steward; vhoK ha| ]' ■bean, a figure:iiit j(ew Zealand^idliticsvfor/f■ ! :P.Vcr .forty ..years,' 'anirv.vjijs : ,latterly'; 'a / ' jneinber , ;pf the.' Legisjatise' : Couniil,-pa'seed'... away at., .his. ■ ;6pn's' ]-residence;.;Liffey ■:. ..Street,. '.Island .'Bay, tyesterday,'...after ; '. i ' ■an illness, whiph. hid laid: "him .aside.'"for", ■somo''time; paist.' . .His- cqriditjp't.for' the ' l.;Past'..day ; :'o.r,tw.o.had beeri..critical;. : .. .- ; ' -.\ J-.. . SifsWilliairt .Steward.iyas : :bbrn'in lieadlngii.Ber.ksliirci- : iiilß«, ''and :was cdiicated . .at,-the King-.Edward■Vl'Grammar-Sclippl .'. at Ludlo'w, Shropshire, , arid-, : at Dr.; Pen. ■ham's-.ppiumeroial'School , - , at , ::■Gfouoeatbr. . ■Early in; 18G2!. lio'.-;cara'e'vto ■ New '' byv-the , ship Mersey; landing at .Ly.tteltbn,.. ■He'entercdthe-firin; pf. : -Peacp'ck'and Co., ''' did -not ■'.agreenviithv.hiin , he'turned, his attention H6.:iourn'alism,..-..ns:. proprietor;■ pf 'the ' North-'Otago--Tiniesv -.-/ ■?'. .■ •',,....... '-.-■.. Sit lyilliani Steward'firstVentefed.-the '..' ■Housain■leTO-'ae.mcmlwr'.fpr-.Waitaki. ■■In J -.- ■ those,;years'. there.' were s'Parlia-. .■ : pieife-.;and!'.he-Mmainedi'in>the- , H6use;.ti.ll'.'..-1875.'-'-I)urihg-.that-'Parli'anvcht^whicji : was'''. known. ,m-. the Abolition ■ :Pa'r.liameiit4h ; e - :carricd through: the , ' North' Otagp, Public Works Bill,, which .provided for 'the..set- .. ting:aside'^f■ "j870,p00 fpr-'publicworks-ria'-' North p.tagp:,"' ■ "'. '■' : . ". " ..-It: was ■"toing.,-'that/session. thaf'Sir ■William., Steward was.asked , 'by ex-Prcinior 1 ■ ..charge.', pf his .Do--'. ~ , c , e ased', - Wifo!s. Sister- Bill',, which Water-.-, .-.house.hadin : lß7l introducediri;the Co.to. ,'. '..ci.l and lost.- .'Sir. William? Sfeward, .-agreed '■■ to father the .Bill, .and'.he.brought it forr -". :ward-in,-four -.successive year3..--..:'.- , Duriug' > . . those yea'rs. he- camo tp:-be.-known -in-the -V ■ ParlianlentaryA.pr.ecincrs'. -. as- : /'liccpaisc'd ■-' Wife's Sistcf Billif'-AtLthc next 'election* - : ho-was. defeatedy ;ahd it-.was; left "to. Dr; . ~ H oclgkinsohtp'get'.-the,: B ill, o n;the Statute- .:'■■ book. The.reaspn of.Sir William Steward's ■ .defea't. , ...at: , :,th'at- , election,-was , that he-had'- ' ■succeeded-ih> getting, two- representatives ! ' :fpr.-.the : W.aitaki electorate. '.He was,■how-; .' .■eyer,'. unable' , to: carry the'"other Liberal '. ■ member bii his back, eo to speak, ■.: and ■ ■■ Messrs;- Shrimski and Hislop. won the' two ■ ■ seats.:;.H6::was elected.Mayor of Oainaru. ■ :during ; threesucoessive years,.until.he left. ■fprcWaimate, arid his former constituents .'presented him withitwo hundred .guineas . ■..pnya.Eilyer-ealyer/ , -■;■;.-"...;.;, ,, ;':'.■':■'.: "■■• ;.-.. ' ■ : H ::, -;tho- , (i>jneral olcotion : ',pf/- 18SI" .]ie:w.aß'. .'. .again:elected■':.'for'-Waitakii' : .;atid he. w'pii.. ■' "the. i seat -at ten .successive: general' elec? lions,-so. that altogether..he.has'.'a , score' ' ■of.-nvo 'years 'iii:-Parliameht:-during' his ;firsti innings;.: anft'.thirty : 'in :: his "second 'innings,-. During he only \mis^d^-one , : Uessipn-T ; the'.--:shprt- ;."]'!vn,if,U 'hpiight session,"-.; pwing: to.the .-VsrroK.down ..of ,, asteamor/Ky -which ho hi-', to travel.:''During.all'theso y'ears'he ail - i-rl, ■ed ievery tho.one ineiiti-■ :■ • ■edr^to^the'.'cnd;' , and : he :dde.s hot think :'that-he,has'l)een.ohcp: : re.po > rf'ed i absciii yn :■'fortyrsessibnsl He was ' 'Whip 'Is tfe Liberal party.'-at..the. .time tlie Slsson.l Ministry:.was.ttrned v o'Ut qf.officft' ■ Steward/it is 'stated', bro.ipHt, ■forward, and-'carripd more' .Bills than any;private member in , the.New Znahnd : ./Amongst- the; , measure; tlii' , .:he:: h"as : successfiilly- , . , ', fathered -are;— The , Shearers'-Apcommpdatioh- the. Pmall . : Birds' ' ; Nuisance'.B'ill;. the'-Mprtgage; Bill, , thp''Go;miiiJatipn-.;.0f S.totu'lfes u, EiU, -sisd various pthw '-i- , : .V\ ■ It-.frasvon-Sif'WiHiam'§'miJtipn>i?i.>t. a-I want ■■pf 'confldence- , 'was "carried i.n. hctialf ■>' bf-the.'Libe.ralvpafe "of"which''Mr. Moat- - lcacler, .against "f.lw ■ Atk.iiison: Government, which' Was tlion - /replaced by -the Stont:Vogel GbveMimwH., Sir-William (then -Major) Steward ivis - ..elected:Speaker.in. 189 i, and held.tlto-o.fiu;* till > 1893.:-. He .was :su.bsequently ,knitfstod ■ ■.■in.,.Spnsequcnce , .-of :his political' '.;s<!rviws ■and--of'.his holding , this, position.■■■' During , - ,:his"P,,Vrliamentary carter-he. did; a srr-it deal"of.c.oniniittee.work in the-House, an-' -. seiye'd'-on; :many.'-.EPyal epiumissipris. %■ acted as. chairman of the-we.ll-rSme'ral.rtr-ei Tariff Cpmmissiorii -He was ,: cliairmaa ><i the ■Reporting Debates Cpriunitfe- for ,!>bp.ut-tnirty -years..-.- : Ho , also.-.tookjr; '!w*U .interest! in'Tolnnteering.. ■Hβ-started the the Haiiip-.:-deii Rifles, and. thp.Qtcpopo. Rifles, and-re- , , .formed : the -Oamar-u " Eiiles ■ {..Company.- 1 Wfen a -battery; of. artillery,', was :establlsh-:' . .ed iiv.Caniaiu» he\was.gazetted, niaip.r in..;': command.''■:.■;■■ ■■'"_/ -.'.:'.,'. ■■.'V^;';;■■ >r : ' ; :■ iln/'-ieTS- Sir.'William- , ..married; 3J;.- , '. ' Haunah/'Whitefopr.d,:' ■:'.' Colonel -'■■Whitefobr'd , :': , : and' great-Bva:i'i. 'daughter. ofoSmAdam'Whitef oord,.f6rii!Prl.ypfßlaviquhari;: Ayrshire, , Scotland. His '.family-'consisted .of, and t.v.o ; sons, {one of :whom'is : on.', the , .-staff -of tas • P.ubiie,' Heilth' , - Department).",',; ■' ;: ■■.On;r«eipt'.of. : the ,,: annbuncenientiP.f ft'.r . Wm:: .'Steward's.'' death, ■ Ithe-:Legisl.Tsivx. !-Gouricil,..tlieh".in' Committee on.-tho -L?r-d ■ ■Act;■Aniendinciit' "Bill; - immediately ro!.portal :: : prdgress;'v ;.The;":.Leader.'..'of , tji-f ■ Council (the Honi. .H..;-D.,Bell)..niq'vfiO ii;,M .adjournment, of ■■ tho; Council;.as ,h,'of-'' respect- to. tho 'nieraory.' , of - a-inan wl-o .haxV-seryed-'his^country;loyally- _iihd Jan li-■fully-'.for ■ so:'- many .years.,.. ■.Mγ. - Bell said ' "that fo-wpuld:'ask:'tho :■ Council to-p.«< ai ■ :risplution-.-wliich:he..:intended ,, ..;to. .pivn.-.se -ii(!xt:-sittingVdnv;'»vV,"-' ; .- :/-.:. - ■' ■.Th'.o':,.C6uncilr;theh. , -.ad]ourneai , -;; jScAVTiS-BJOTYVHAYDON. ' . , ' ' " IBy' : TplecriiDh.-r-i'ress':Ai9oclatlpii.l . ; T ':-':: V V ::Pataierstoii N.i Octpber:3i."' I ■ ■'-.Word was.:.rcceived:'by. cable messago to. .. 'day-frpni , London' of thoideath ofc.C.ai)-.; . :tain HeiUT- Haydoni'-iex-Mayoi , of Palmer- , , .; in public, at-;,.;, ■fiiirs,for: many years;;;:/;DKeased wrived. ;; ■, ■in-'New' Zealand 'in'-I?B9,"settled- w :Pal- : ■;, i nierstoni -and; from .the .start, took a/keen-; ■ : ihtefcst.'in?''publip. : ■ Hp-was _:a'J" A I'counoillor.'for many -yearvond Mayor .for, ■* 'a'term, president of-the Chamber of Com-,;. -'riierce,,and ;'last:-year.ho..represented .the .Chamber; on: the- recent'Empire...C<jnfer- -. 'ence-in- Ldridon,' , . , : , .- He':went;..Home portly... , on-account v ofihis health; and^:liis-wife., ■; followed him. , to : briug>hiin back,; but fie • "died three ■days,belbre her-arriwl in t>n*\/ land;-?,':.'-.: ■ ■i^. : - : 'f'-:":. '■' - : ..; ;'