'STUFFING' THE PUBLIC SERVICE. THAMES DISTRICT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 18, 1 May 1902, Page 3

'STUFFING' THE PUBLIC SERVICE. THAMES DISTRICT.

Of the 16 employee of the Railway Department in^the Thames one ia a Catholic, his annual pay amounting to £73. The solitary Catholic draws £1 for every £21 paid by the department there This is one of the branches of the public service in which it is alleged by sectarian strife-raisers that our co-religionists are in exoess of their proportion in the population. There are 32 employes in the Post and Telegiaph Department, ot whom seven are Catholics, tho pay of the latter ranging from£2G to £80 a year Out of every £9 15a paid in salaries and wages by the Department Catholics draw £1. We have not been [supplied with a list of sala^ ries paid to the officers of the Magistrate's Court, but as they are all non-Catholics, the particulars to hand are sufficient for our purpose. There i& only one Catholic among the twelve employes of the Jus" tice Department. These figures speak for themselves and need no comment. It is rather significant that although the salaries in the above list range from £26 to £100 per annum, the highest credited to a Catholic is £80 a year.

G rade. Salary. Station-master £l ( .K) per annum Religion, n on -Catholic Clerk £120 „ Cadet £60 „ »» Guard £156 10a „ » Aoting-guard £110 „ Porter £73 „ i» Catholic Driver £160 „ non-Catholic Fireman £110 „ i> Cleaner £66 „ t) Ganger £120 „ 6 platelayers £100 per annum each ii l ii POST AND TELEGRAPH. Chief postmaster £400 per annum „ cleric £220 „ Senior telegraphist £220 „ non-Catholic 'i Clerk £200 „ ii Telegraphist £210 „ »i „ £180 „ ii £180 >! £200 „ » £KSO II £170 II Senior T. olerk £170 „ Telegraphist £160 „ II ") £130 Cadet £85 „ II Catholic ,i £65 non-Catholic £40 ji Exchange clerk £80 „ £80 it Catholic Letter-carrier £120 „ ] Non-Catholic £80 „ £70 ii Catholic £70 Distributor £<>0 „ Messenger £31 „ : ii Non-Catholic £31 it £31 £31 Catholic £26 Lineman £145 „ ' ii Non-Catholic i. £I^o „ P.O. Messenger £30 „ ii ii JUSTICE. Sergeant of police 11s per day 1 Constable 8s „ ii Catholic 2 Constables 8s „ each non-Catholic Acting Detective 9s 6d „ !! 2 Constablss 7s „ „ 11 S. M. and Warden II Clerk of Court Clerk II Clerk II Native interpreter II