P.& T. OFFICERS' CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3178, 31 August 1917, Page 8

P.& T. OFFICERS' CONFERENCE

YESTEBDAY'S RESOLUTIONS,

The annual conference of the Post and Telegraph Officers* Association vas con* tionod yesterday. The conference passed a resolution endorsing tho action of tii6 cxeoutivo in entering a vigorous protest against the treatment meted out to Mr. Soofct. This matter conference looks upon a« an unwarrantable interference with tho civil rights of Tha conference also asks for a public judicial preferably at Hamilton. Other resolutions carried were:—

"Thut this conference express its deep appreciation of ihc action of Mr. Young, M.r. for Wailcato, for his earnest and practical support of an officer in Hio Post iind Telegraph Department to obtain justico in regard to unwarranted Departmental interference with his civil rights, and that a lottor of thanks on the above lines bo forwarded to Mr. Young." . .

■''That representation be niacin to the rovernment with a. view to increasing ho allowances to widows and children sndcr the Superannuation 'Act to X 52 per. nmim for widows and Vs. t)(l. lev week [or each child. If ,lie ' present scalc of contribuions will not actuarially permit of inireased'allowances, legislative' provision >o made to allow contributors to iorego ihirt of their own pensions to add to the ocnefits of those dependent on them.'" "That Auzac Day, April 25, bo observed by the Now Zealand Government is a close holiday in every Department." "That tho Department be asked to obscrvo Labour Day 'as a Departmental holiday." "It is imperative in the interests of all classes of officers that the present system of examinations, prevailing in tho Department bo reviewed with ;i view to eliminating examinations which aro of no practical value, and substituting therefor examinations on Departmental subjects and in line of the practical TCjuiromeiita of the Department, such examinations to carry with them the benefits and advantages now accruing .to those passing mtaneulalion and other examinations."