POSTAL OFFICERS.
GRIEVANCES EXPRESSED. (PBESS ASSOCIATION TBM<pAK.) AUCKLAND, September 14. f The grievances of the Post and Telegraph Officers' Association were expressed at the animal reunion of the Auckland section held on Saturday evening. Mr Parnell, vice-president, said they had no confidence in. the. chairman of . the Appeal Board. At least two appeals that should have been upheld were recently disallowed., They were going to take this matter before Parliament this session and ask for an amendment of the Act. Mr H. E. Combs, general secretary, said that if the commercial balancesheet method of computing the Department's prosperity was to continue for the next 10 years they would get no increases of salaries during that tinje. The revenue surrendered in postage and telegrams was equivalent to £620,000. 'He urged all to work ward securing the standard of living they had in 1914. During the last four years the association had been losing ground constantly. "What thav could do alone was. a great deal, but what they could do-in alliance with others workers of the Dominion was simply stupendous. Messrs F. N. Bartram and .T. A. Lee, M.P.'s made sympathetic speeches. '
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18487, 15 September 1925, Page 7
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