CIVIL SERVICE
THE SALARIES QUESTION
September 28
A definite statement that the tirrn is inopportune for revision of salaries in the Civil Service, and that no pre sent action by Parliament may be ex pcctod, was made by Mr G. C. Munns M.P., at the annual reunion of tin Auckland section, of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association last night. Mr Munns, who was speaking in tin absence of the Postmaster-General, i Hon. J. B. Donald, gave an assuranc that all parties .were sympathetic to ward the Civil Service and would d( what was right when the country’. l difficulties 'were less acute. “No party in New Zealand to-daj can raise your salaries,” he continued. “It is: impossible. ; The money is not here. 'When you realise that between eight and ten, millions less money came into the country last year in payment for exports you must, as thinking men. realise the position.” . Several previous speakers, at the gathering had criticised the Government in regard to its treatment of Civil Servants in connection with salaries.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1930, Page 8
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