ECONOMY.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2630, 27 November 1915, Page 6

ECONOMY.

Sir —Tho Government at the'present time is urgently requesting the public to practise strict economy. m Tbe ' panying clipping, taken from the. Rail way Review, is a sample how they set us a good example. The railway employees have been asking for a rise of one shilling per day and been refused, the excuse being .' Carterton, November 24. [Enclosure.] "The 'Railway Review' thus sums up one of the results of the new Manager of Railways after two years m office: A. few officials have good reasons to be pleased with/imported managerial ideas, because they have new, easy, and elevated jobs. Never was the - cost ot general management so high, nor its channels so numerous.aiid Wo have a General Manager at . Assistant General Manager at _£MO, five managers wkr look after branches of the work, at a cost of £420U, ~ assistant traffic managers in - oacH district to help the traffic nianaW; two traffic superintendents at, £700 each to see that all the other managers 'manage' efficiently, and tho commercial ageiit,° with . £545, travelling expenses, ■ and a roving commission " ■,