GOVERNOR'S SALARY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 85, 7 October 1931, Page 8

GOVERNOR'S SALARY

A FURTHER SACRIFICE

VOLUNTARY REDUCTION

In addition to the, 10 per cent, reduction in his salary ■which he voluntarily sacrificed at the time of the general cut in the Civil .Service, HiaV Excellency the1 Governor-General' (Lord Bledisloe) has now offered to waive" a further portion of his emolument.: • Tho Prime Minister has received. [ the following letter from. His 'ExcelI leney the Governor-General:— \' "In view of the present- serious financial position of this Dominion—-a position more critical than was anticipated six months ago—l have decided to waive another portion of the. salary and allowances granted to me as Governor-General by the. Government, making a total sum so relinquished of £1500 a year, or one-fifth of-the total emoluments of the office; such waiver to take effoct as from the Ist November' next, to continue as long as the financial crisis justifies, and to be purely personal to myself, and not in any way applicable to my successor. I feel that I cannot confidently appeal to others to display a full . measure of self-sacrifice, according to their means, during the present emergency unless I do the same myself. "Although this reduction in my official emoluments will necessarily involve some further appreciable inroad upon such private resources as Her Excellency and I possess, I am able, nevertheless, to contemplate without anxiety that by the continued exercise of rigid economy the traditional requirements of my office can be maintained at an adequate standard." In handing the letter to the Press for publication, the Prime Minister expressed the gratitude of himself and his colleagues for the very practical and generous action of His Excellency in this time of serious economic stress. "I feel certain," said Mr. Forbes, "that the lead given by the GovernorGeneral will be very warmly appreciated throughout the Dominion."