POSTPONEMENT OF TRAINING

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28493, 24 January 1958, Page 8

POSTPONEMENT OF TRAINING

P.A.Y.E. Taxation’s Effect On Job The changeover to P.A.Y.E. taxation required a serviceman to alter most ledger machines used for payroll work, said Mr J. B. Sutton, of Burroughs Ltd., before the Military Training Postponements Committee yesterday. He was appearing before the committee to request 12 months’ postponement of military training for a member of the staff, I. J. MacKay, who is employed as a serviceman. pie machines had a control unit preset to the particular type of work, he said. If any alteration was required the whole panel had to be stripped down and completely rebuilt. These alterations to the machines required,- for some machines, five to six hours* work and for others 16 to 30 hours work, said Mr Sutton. The number of his company’s machines in Christchurch affected by P.A.Y.E. were 100 to 150. There were two persons employed on this work—one of them McKay—and the alterations had to be completed by the end of April, he said. It’was not possible to get a replacement from another city as this work was going on everywhere. It was not the company’s policy to work overtime as this alteration work required great concentration. The committee granted a postponement for 12 months. The committee comprised Mr W. K. L. Dougall (chairman), and Messrs R. H. Webb and J. H. Ward. Mr N. R. Ranson was the Crown representative and Mr G. O. Edwards, secretary. Other Appeals Other appeals granted were: C. J. S. Wilson, one year’s postponement; L. N. Saunders, one year’s postponement; B. M. Logan, one year’s postponement; W. Anderson, one year’s postponement: E. I. Rumball, one year’s postponement; B. W. H. McStay, postponed sine die; P. R. Page, postponed indefinitely; R. F. N. Sammes. one year’s postponement; W. T. Whittington, postponement until February 28, 1958; G. R. Humm. postponed indefinitely; G. B. Clarke, one year’s postponement: W. R. Humm. postponed indefinitely; K. W. Rooney, one year’s postponement A part-time training postponement application by F. J. Tinning was stood down until the next sitting of the committee. When a representative from the firm which sought a postponement of the part-time military training of D. A. Eastwick failed to anpear the application was dismissed. A watchmaker. J. F. Roberts, was not granted postponement of a training camp early this year.