POSTAL SERVANTS' SALARIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 3 June 1907, Page 2

POSTAL SERVANTS' SALARIES.

Per Press Association. Dunedin, June 2. J Foil. ,1. Millar speaking at the letter curriers' social on Saturday night said the Postal Department was at one time the envy of every Department, because it had its classification scheme. Since that time, other Departments had been classified, until as far as he could gather from opinions expressed, he judged that the time had nearly arrived when there should tie further classification of the Postal Department (applause). In some of the classes the classification was perfectly fair, but in others an improvement might he effected. He referred to the more poorly-paid classes of Ibe service. Those classes ought to receive particular attention in the first instance. He did not believe in poorly-paid workers. When a man occupied a responsible position, he ought, of course, to he paid well for his services. Increased responsibility should carry with it increased emolument, hut when a man had made his way into a position in which i't might he said he was comfortable, and there were others who were pinched, then ones in the lower grade ought to be considered below those in the higher grades. In that respect, he thought that (here was room for improvement. The Postmaster-General, ho believed, had the welfare of every man in the service at heart, and if he was .satisfied that the pay was not sufficient, he would be the first man to come to the House and ask that it should be increased (applause).