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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 852, 1 December 1877, Page 2

Tab Estimates appear to be going 1 slowly forward m fhe House. Some small sums have been placed upon f.h« supplementary estimates tor 'ibiii- ivoi'ks, bin Wi) uo'ic« ilia oa Vrt-hiestJuy wiyht, on Mr VVo.d>ok's uioiii'»n iVip i'IJ.OOJ foi- v d>t: l» T,woe,o GrivyiiiiHitii au.i (Jobin, Air Mjipau.-lrew s .i.l 1 1- c was » use voliajjf i'> na i.uoce »vas au oaey, mwl ia <;o uiui cc tli .< vo c .;..s vvj -cbdd t> 23 v> 18. Mi" Uod-j---iiisoii up, cuiS to ii.-.vii l)wii ma -a > tun te tiic priviois da/, m ii ><rii»«j tor a bnjge . suitablw for •e.vy tr.tfiu on the Apavimu rivei*, iv cv ueur J )lliec>£oid. T«»« vo'e .vaacai'ii U b;/*2O Co 15, mou h it

tuch motions generally ana a s iggestioii fr >m Mr Sidelian that, it was abso utely necessary to have Borae buffer between thj Government and members m regard to local works. He suggested a Sassionil Coin<nittrie m future years to report on all such motions. Late on, the House passed to the., consideration of thp reduction of Ministers silarie^, M j »r Atkinson ityliug the m iveraent as ** an affectation of econoiiy. 1 There is little doubt but that the catting down if their own Silaries would enable minis ers with better grice to proceed o the cutttilment of thosd of their sabo.diuar.es, but on the other hand it may jusi-ly be urged that the present salaries are nob one farthing too much for the work done and the services of men qualified to do it. B inks and Insurance companies pay larger salaries to their managers than the New Zealand Government pays to these head * of its several departments, who are expected to bring to their work not only the business ability of the manager but the talent and brain of the Statesman, or, at the leim, of tue politician. One thing is very CBi'bai'i we must chose between the 'English or American systems. .Either we m ist pay a M uister a salary which will relieve him from i he emi triismont of expenditure which his position necessarily entails, or leave him to make b.)th ends meet by other me ins. Is it worth our while to sive between two «ad three thousand a yea? at the risk of fostering official corruption m the highest places, which o ice baking hold there wll sooner or atar permeate through every gra.se of tie Civil service? We tnink uob.