EX-PUBLIC SERVANTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1921, Page 5

EX-PUBLIC SERVANTS.

BURDEN OF LIVING COSTS. PLEA FOR MORE ASSISTANCE. By Telegraph— Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. At the first annual meeting of the Association of Superannuated Public Servants to-day the following resolution was carried: “We respectfully, but most emphatically protest, against the Government discontinuing after March 31 next, the assistance it is now giving to lower-paid superannuitants, and that we have the same just right to this assistance on account of the very greatly increased cost of living as present members of the public service, who are in every case assisted; further, that we are much more in need of it; that as there is no near prospect of the cost of living being appreciably reduced in the principal essentials of life, we claim that the assistance to superannuitants should be continued as is given to those still in the public service.”

It was decided to write to the Prime Minister as follows: “We, the members of the Association of Superannuated Public Servants of New Zealand, respectfully request that you will kindly ascertain from the Home Government what has been done by them in granting permanent and temporary assistance ito superannuated public servants, and to convey to us the result of such inquiries. We regret your Government has not given us a square deal as compared with the Home Government in their dealings with their public servants, seeing that you are thoroughly Imperialistic and professedly following in their steps in these matters. You have stated in Parliament that New Zealand is in a better financial position than other countries of Hie world. Why this exceptional treatment to the public servants of New Zealand?” It was decided that the time has, now come to ask the Government to cunso'lidate the whole of the public superannuation funds into one public service superannuation fund.