RETIRING MAGISTRATE.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13359, 26 February 1909, Page 7

RETIRING MAGISTRATE.

INTERVIEW WITH MR C. A. Y\RAY. Mr C. A. Wray. Stipendinry tr:it<« at Tjmaru. is among thu.se .vlio aiv ■.() be retired iiexi month, but li>> has not yet received official notice ol hi.-> retirement. Interviewed by a ;■<.— j).-irt.T yesterday. .Mr Wray pointed -mt that it j-e were retired nmv, it woind mean that his pcri.sion to which he w:>,s entitled ur.d'.-r ''.!io Civil .Service .Art of lSri'.i, woiikl be hvvs by about CIS p:>r mi mini than if lie were allowed to complete hi-> forty ycar.s' fcerviee in DcccmliiT next. Mr Wray raised :lio rjiKstifin a.s to whether the existiu;; IcsL-lation <!:<1 not prevent t)u- rftn..- ,- nn-m.s benifr made in Marc-h next a.s ])io]>o.t(<i. Mr- took it from Part JV. of the Civil Service Act (Consoliflsii.e.l S'atinr-.s) tbnt the rotiromvnts coiia lioi be madf initil tho end of the lorthof Parliament. .Sectmu L'S 'li. -su!>-.if -tion d>;. provided ;lmt when any j>cr.-ori retired from th-r. j>ul> lie rr-rvicr- it should not be lawfui u> grant, -uch person any p-nr.-i.-n. s;iperann:iation, or other anuii-'l retiriii;', .1;----louance iiiiti! the proposal tn grant Knoll tx-n.-iion or allowance li:id }*ocn notified to t!;e General i:i Par!ian;eiit a>.->eniWed. Snb-scction t!; furthor pi-ovidod that at tlie same iinv: tl.iit. any kijHi notification was mad-. tl.r-re should b<; placed before tlio Gerii- ,- ra! A:-;-en:i>ly a special report ny rho Cont!oi!<T nr.<l Auditor-General upon the ca-e of th<- person affected by r.ueh notiiication. and no a-ction should he tak'Mi to prociirci t.he granting of the p< n'-ion. Miperaiinuation, allowance., or other annual retiring allowance, unvil tho end of the session of tho General A>wnit>ly during wliich sijch notification and report were given .ijjd made.