OBJECTION RAISED.
PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES. ATTITUDE OF RAILWAY MEN. PUBLIC SERVANTS' CLAIM. (By Telegraph.—Press Asaoclation.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Thorndon branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants carried the following motion unanimously: "That members of the Thorndon branch of the A.S.R.S. note with interest the movement by members of Parliament to have their honoraria increased, and strongly object to any such increases unless and until the salaries and wages of public servants are restored at least to tlie 1921 level. Further, members of this branch of the A.S.R.S. wish to make it quite clear that if members of Parliament vote themselves anything in excess of the restoration of the 10 per cent cut which was made on their honoraria in 1921, public servants throughout the Dominion also should be voted a similar proportionate increase in their salaries and wages."
During the discussion it was contended that members of Parliament were being paid amply for the work they were doing, but that an allowance should be paid to members while they were absent from their homes on Parliamentary business.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 11, 14 January 1929, Page 9
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