A GREAT DISPARITY.
It is impossible to overlook the great disparity between the salaries paid to military officers and the salaries paid to school teachers, and the question is bound to be asked again whether the training of the Cadets and Territorials demands higher attainments or more laborious or mere prolonged study than does the training of the children in the schools. This is only one aspect of the problem. We have Cadets undergoing training at Duutroon who will shortly become lieutenants, at a salary of .£250 per annum, rising to £3OO after four years’ service—wages that are attained by the most highly qualified of the school teachers only after many years of service. The Minister of Defence last year estimated that the total expenditure would ultimately settle down in the neighbourhood of ,£450,000 a year, but as far as we can see there is small prospect ot the vote ever falling below half a million, and unless rigid economy is exercised it will greatly exceed that sum. —Lyttelton Times.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1248, 21 May 1914, Page 4
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170A GREAT DISPARITY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1248, 21 May 1914, Page 4
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