Superaunnated Civil servant

Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1921, Page 1

Superaunnated Civil servant

('ONKI |{r:X<'l* AT WKI.I.IN(iTON. WKUJXCTON. Oloher ]:!. Tin l Conference of tin* Federated Association of Su|>(*r <iim:iL>*x 1 l’uhlie Sercants ri-solvi-d to uroe that annuitants s l., 1 ! t tlcr• • i ■ ir oil to |ntt -d stamps on vouchers for monthly allowances; ; -- id thin wive and children of *mper- . min ted civil servants should not have I,mil allowances stopped on the death of tile hush :ml or father. The ('onferenee hoped to secure an in-

crease of superannuation to meet tho increased cost of living. A remit carried that the system of counting .superannuation income when members are applying feu the nil! agp pension be abolished as in the case ol annuitants of tin National Provident Fund. Air T. C. Wait (Auckland) punned out that a s 111 ,t• raII III inLft 1 public -ei.aitd in receipt of per annum ' as nut entitled to itveive the old age p'iisiou while under the National Provident Fund the amount iccvived D" 111 that fund was exempted. This anomaly should he removed. Mr Guthrie moved Dial the Government he requested to grant bonuses to retired civil servants oil the same lines as the system of the British Governmenf.

The remit 01 easicilied some discussion, the eliaiiTium stating that the matter was mentioned to Mr Massey hctoic his departure for England, and he promised to look into it when he was in l.ondon. Mr |Vi riant (Olagol >aicl that only 90 superannuated railway servants out "f 1101) were receiving £l-"9 pet annum; 209 were receiving L’lOO and the remainder considerably less. All 11. K. Gilbert (Wellington) urged that the- various superannuation Acts now in furec should he so aiui'Mih'il that widows mill children of deceased si.perII 111 mat. cl officers of the Public' Service should receive a yearly allowance ol £lB per annum, plus the bonus now in force.