PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 250, 21 October 1919, Page 7

PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION

'I TIIK A.VXL'AL COXFERKXCK. (Ry Telegraph.—Fress Association.) WF.LLI XCTOX, this day. The annu.il coiiference of the Publii Service Association opened to-day, Mr (I. Allport preaidiiifr. The chairman pai( ii tribute to the work of the genera I ' secretary. Mr. K. \V. Millar, and stre^sei the need for strung organisation for self protection. lie said that meinbers!ii| njiL'ht be greater if public, servants re j coL'nised their duty in universally stand . I in;: ' ojretlier. I Delegates urped the nee(*,sity for r' , i form in classification, a more iidequat, ! scale of salaries, and reprexentiition ol S the l'llhlie Si-rvice Hoard was wanterl ' topetlier with maintenance of the pre ' isent Appeal Hoard. To reduce the cos '' ! <pf livinf;, whieli weighed ho heavily i> ; piililii: servants, the establishnient of en I operative stores was proposed to avoi' profiteering. " I The Conference passed remits request n t injr the (iovenimenl to amend the I'ubli J'ScTviee Act to provide for the control o 1 the service by a non-political Hour ! insteail of (he present system, the Hoar' 'i to include one member at least electe If jby public servants who are members o ; liie Association. The Conference, e> '' pri-ssed keen disapproval of any attemp '' to revert to the former system of polit; cal control.