PUBLIC SERVICE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 248, 17 September 1940, Page 6

PUBLIC SERVICE.

INCREASED SALARIES.

GRATIFICATION IN SOUTH

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DUNEDIN, Sept. 16

“I think the majority of our members feel gratified that the Government has recognised the justice of their claims for some assistance in meeting the increased cost of livin’g,” said'Mr E. C. J. Foot, president of the Otago section of the Public Service Association, when commenting on the announcement bv Hon. W. Nash of increases in public servants’ salaries. It had been felt for a long time in the service, Mr Foot said, that some increase was due to the lowerpaid workers, who were definitely in need of assistance, particularly when they were married. It was especially satisfying to sec that section receive > an increase in wages, but the members of the association on the whole were appreciative of what the Government had done for them.

BONUS INADEQUATE.

OPINION AT THE HUTT.

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WELLINGTON,: Sept. 16. A mass meeting of workers at the Hutt railway workshops to-day carried the following motions: “This meeting considers that the cost-of-living bonus given by the Government is entirely inadequate, and reaffirms a previous decision that at least 10s a week is necessary to bring the living standard back to the 1938 level. X

“That the meeting has no confidence in the Price Investigation Tribunal as constituted, and asks the Government to give workers representation on the tribunal to enable serious control and stabilising of prices in the interests of the people of New Zealand.”

INCREASED FARES.

PROPOSAL AT WELLINGTON.

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WELLINGTON, Sept. 16.

By ten votes to six, the Wellington City Council, at an adjourned meeting this afternoon, adopted a report from its tramway committee advocating proposals to increase tram fares on Sundays and holidays, to reduce the number of rides on one-section concession tickets from eight to seven, and to revise the system of bus lares. The increase in operating expenses as a result of the recent 5 per cent, rise in wages was estimated in the report at £16,900 a year, which, unless steps were taken to meet the position, would result in a loss for the year of £18,900. The proposed new charges are to be submitted to the Price Tribunal for approval.