THE PUBLIC SERViCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 260, 3 November 1925, Page 12

THE PUBLIC SERViCE.

SALARIES OF OFFICERS. LABOUR PARTY'S CHARGES. ];i:i'i.Y r.v ruiMi: ministku. (By Telegnipll -l'rws Aswicintinn.) WKI.MXCiTI IN. Monday. 'I lie fid lowing statement lias been ■--iiril by tin . Prime .Minister: —"My attention lulji been drawn in a cireiilur isKiicil by the Labour parly in which it is s;.iicd thai in my en parity as L'lmlmasUM'- < lencral I could not recommend any adjustment oi salary paid to ollieers of the rank and lile throughout I lie public service, but thai I have r< i-;-inl\- re-iored iho wages 'cut' in tin , inlinini-tnitiu' heads di the departments, ii i< true that several head* or departments were grained increases in salaHe-. Tiic-o payments have no relation whatever In "fill.-.' but were made in [■iiiiM>f , iii>ncc of :i rcvaliiaiii.il of the positions ill respect of responsibility and importance ~t duties performed. ' The administrative ofliciTs did not participate in th« general regrading wliK-li tuck pinn> last year. The total amount of the increases granted to administrative heads is only £2001). '"."So far as the rank and file officers are concerned they were not overlooked by the (lovernnieiit. The officers were regraded last year, and increases due to regrading and -cale increments totallinjr £381.1)1)0 were granted by the Government. The Public Service Commissioner, chairmnn of the Railways Board and Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department advise mc that they are of opinion that the rates of salaries paid tn rank and tile officers are reasonable and compare more than favourably with thi- rates of remuneration paid to similar grades of employees in outside avocations."