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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 23 July 1907, Page 2

Till; POST AXI) TKLRiHAI'II f?KliVICE. W'e have alluded uii several wwiisions t" til.- ,li-al,iiitie 3 under wbicli I lie ollHnw <ll l In' I'osl 1111,1 Megrapl, Department i;il»T, anil to show that the treatment mett'd out lu tin; men of fhis im l tr)x l.aiit s» rvicr has heeii. in some respecis smh as would not have been lor n. momem countenanced l»y the Uovcinntciri on the part of a j»rivato eonemi. Uiu- ui' the <-a\iU'St trouble lu- Wen the sweating ]iractiees thai have been in and tlie extraordinary manner in which tin. 1 J^'partiiiriii, a profitable institution it is, lias overtime nub of the men without giving iliem the remuneration that was their duo- -a ease of sheer robbery. We are <rJad lo notice that tins unjust and reprehensible condition of things is to be brought to an end. For in future 1 iio morfimc vales per hour for olllcers uf ihe iind Telegraph Departmen! i-» lo he as follows: CMi'iccrs drawing salaries €2o<i. '2s (id: of'icers drawing f.alaric; exceeding t:2U(i and m>l rxeeeding i1"2.">0. 2s; ollVers drawing salaides exceeding I'lOO mid not exceeding .€2OO. ]h (id; cadels and eadettes, Is: oilier ollii'crri iliMwin™ salaries not exCHIO, Is. Telegraph messengers will reeolve fid per hour. At all hours on Sundays, for every purpose, tiiirt on week days liehvoon I 0 p.m. and 5 a.m., wlien mails are specially authorised to l>e sorted, a rato find » fialf will