LEAD GIVEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 218, 15 September 1939, Page 3

LEAD GIVEN.

MEN ON SERVICE.

PLACES KEPT OPEN.

CITY COUNCIL DECISION

PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS,

R "-" llll i" ,ls "iidert a king to keep open 1 ' 'M-i ~f permanent employees en '"" l i "' l iw ' !"'r\ ice and t.. mm . "" — in salary which ''' V '"'-lit sillier 111ri>,liih enlist nient I '• 1 -I at a meet in- last evening V " , k ,; i I"' City Council. ' 'I'"'" 1 «'"* raised for discusMayor, Sir Krncst Davis Vl '" , ;M"'"-c,| (he view that the connrl' ~ plain —it should 1 'lose who took up nl '" W l, "' ir ''"I'm i.v. .Moreover it br^! ,| ;"'. l : , , ii : , " 1 , ,, ' i '. 1 «•"'»"■!>■ - n.sll,mid ""'! v u Zealand. t here l'i „ ~ 1 t''' • lb' ' J,s «'i in in iin in t'he'e, un ■r"' l, "ce ll'nnl^'ol t,i S '' ( 1,1,1 -hirr. who under-i...-iti.,„„ e— " n '''led during: their ab11.eh'aft,.,. 1 S :;; I ',;' 1 <*> It "l< to his of L I;1 I-v. Two Points Stressed. tioii, added sir Krncst! o'm'' w'as t'ha"' if I-y to as subs! it ut • -.men. youths or mm, lV el, p.,st mili to fl ' 1,,,S '"^ r tlic return office,"" t fo " n, ' r o, 'c"pa i ions „f t]l( , officii* who went active service. The other point, was Unit. in view of the s„ . actio,,. (l fll „ o( - ' operation should be given bv those who remained RO (hat the financial burden would not, evceed ,1, 0 carrying capacity <» the council's financial resources 1„ other words, all of them must play their part to the full. 1 y In seconding the motion. Mr. .T. V C. Allum said he assumed Unit the right of |ironioti on would be preserved ~ The Ma yor: Yes. Mr. I*. Can- said he agreed with the motion, but he did not think it went far enough. What was going t o Ik< done f w the men who returned incapacitated? The Mayor said that every ease would ne treated on its merits. Mr. A. S. I'.ailey said that in computing the difference in pay he took it that the council would not take into consideration „ny married allowance that was paid. The Mayor though I the computation should be on the total amount receive,l as military pny. The council's employees Wanted to know w li«-re they stood.'and he thought the council should a"tec to hir. proposal. Ml. I',. I-. .Andrews considered that clause 2 of the resolution was likely to create complications. I'he position would o® • H ' m plitied if the council agreed to allow every man 2."> per cent of his present salary. Air. ('. Bailey commended (lie resolution ns a splendid lernl to other local bodies throughout the Dominion. V\ liile asreeing with the motion in its entli ety , .Mr. A. S. Mailey suggested that a decision might lie deferred 'until after the proposed conference of local bodies to discuss the position with a view l> reaching uniformity of action. Last War's Expenditure. In the discussion which followed, the Mayor pointed out that the payment of Jialf-snlary to employees who enlisted in the hist war had involved an expenditure of X. 10..V18. It was advisable that the council should let its employees know that they would be looked after on the basis he proposed, if not by something better.

After several other councillors lia'l advocated immediate action in tlie matter, the resolution was carried unanimously.