GENEROUS OFFER
C'Post" Special Commisslorier) .
LORD BLEDISLOE SUGGESitS 4d PER CBNT. CUT IN SALARY SECOND REDUCTION"
WELLINGTON, Friday. Iri a* letter tb the . Prime Minister, the Rt. Hori. G. W. Fofbes, the Gov- ' ernof-Genbral, Lord Bledisloe, . has offered to remit 45 pbr cent.' ofi.his salary to the Government fbr so long at least as it is found impossible to balfinee' the Bhdget. • . "This abatement," he states, . ' "which is rendered possihle by drawing upon our private resources , iri Ehgland, can at the optiori of the Government,' either be specifically pro- ■ vided for by special .statutory enact- ; merit submitted to Him Majesty, the King, for approval," or following the - pf ecedent which was created in i'.Lpril last, be effected by a discontinuance of the payment to, my credit out of; ;the Treasury of the amount repre- : sented thereby. In any case, as I - have intimated on previous occasioris,] no deduction in the Governor-Oen-eral's .empluments now arran^ed for,' must be deemed applicahle to riiy successors in, officer" , ( , . The salary of. the Governor-Gem erai is £7500 which cari oply be, r'ei duced hy consent.pf the Kirig. Last April, Lord Bleilislbe remiitted to the Treasury £1062 pef arinrim.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 200, 16 April 1932, Page 5
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193GENEROUS OFFER Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 200, 16 April 1932, Page 5
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