HONORARIA FOR TRAMWAY BOARD MEMBERS
Sir,—Verily the day of miracles is not past-at least it seems so if it is true that it is proposed (and by one -of its members) that honoraria for elected members of the board should be abolished. t „ . I vtti aware that the chairman got a'«perk' r of £2OO a year (very nice. *too), but it is news to me that ordin>ary members get 30s a meeting, with <a maximum of £7B a year. This * throws light on a lot of things, particularly why men and women during ' ; the last fiiw years have,;been standing .A* candidates bodies. Not m, of 'course; we still have publicJ&ded citizens who are prepared to Kg "payment i;d.,JHa|bour rd, and do 5,£200 pe*
because, as was shown in the recent civic elections, they are starting to wake up. ' . . I understand Mayors all get honoraria, and this seems quite sound ■because'they give no end of time to their work and have endless calls on their pockets. So long as it is “one man, one job,” there is nothing wrong, but this 80s a meeting payment (to some who hold seats on several bodies especially) looks sordid to me.—Yours, etc., EIaEC 1 UK. June 10, 1941.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23352, 11 June 1941, Page 10
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