TRAVELLING EXPENSES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 6

TRAVELLING EXPENSES.

iREGULATIONS; -V- i AT CHKISTCHTJKCH.; J ■'.;,;.-;;. ffiy'Teleeraph-Preas , ; Association.) :; ;. :^-l '^ i;V: ' ' J -'' V' 1 ChVistchurch,'September 'Z!.-''.\ .. -.There is repprtad-tp be somo : indignation ex-.■:-presjed'.amoiig:,'pfficofs of. ; the Post.-and-Tele--;■■:graph -Department ■ here- consequent upon a ■;:nkase that .has gone forth, that, after the end •; : of the present mon'th-thft , :annual leave.and the ;:,amount 'of 'traveling :■ expenses are to be'/'de-.'-creased..: Officers who have, been. under-'fifteen s'years' in;the''Eervice wiU:receive a fortnight's ; ; leave 'instead;of: three; weeks', leave,.and ■ thoso „who , have,'b'ee'n:over fifteen years"in the service ■;will. *hay'e' :i to':,content..'ithemselyes' with 'three ~. weeks inSiiead- of a m'onth.'s-leave per, , anntim. ■;Th'e":all6wance.-whilst 1 travelling 'in!resriect of: J: officers",re6eiying'-'£4oo','or-less .per 'annum' isi ;' .fixed \ atlos.'-: Jer 'day, with respect to thos6 Tβ.ceiying'salaries ,over: £100 and .up to £600 per ; ; th'e allowance' is: 12a. : , 6d. - per dajt,. and : ; ; for: officers drawing .salaries over £600 it is 15s. ■ ■*.--.: ii .V, :: -S-:.>:-- ! S-' ';>;"•:':■-■-:*,' -V ■■'•"'-:■. ■', • .:'

of ? - The ; : Domiwon into these.alleged " grievances, ;:- but:it ,wo 9 urgedfthat -postal officials 'hive littleVitij' comptainof under the/amended Civil Service' issued ;last>,week:by order''of Cab- J -f'inet...-.The-lengtliji'of-leave >bf; absence is now : ; ; made j uniform for all-branches-of the'■G6verh-''j ;;"ment,service.: In respect'i.'to ■travelling'."allow-1 only; the'higher-paid officials'are affected.'. Si The; amended ■'. regulations; which apply to the] ventire.OmlvService/xontaih' also the .following ! l ;;.pi.onsions:— '0 .■:t:-;--y'j- v ::.,': .'.;....'.'..','.;; ; :.;.;.•■'•'.•.■ . , -;::■■ "The.: granting. <of leave;of:.abserice shall ■ bef/.;gubJKtVtp:.the; exp/es? I; conditions: that'the,be- : :■; hayionr: ! of.' the' jomcer .has been in -, every way-, ijj.'eatisfactory,,that intermittent; leave has been :/-for a miMmum'number of 'days>nly, : .tliatvabX (;-i:Bence.,from. ; illneM."hiw. , nbt- , M.<»eded ; OEO'.yeek ( -. ;; and mpre.genefally that his official .duties have 7 : .yVbeenproper.lyiperform'ed..' No: officer.Bhall be. _■; entitled to.:cla«i ; l?aye-o£ absence as a right, V ; ;and:if: ; fpr>any-cause' ; 'the;.head-of the: Depart leave'ought-hot to begrant-. v v ed, :, he' may. refuse, the 'samein anyi case, sub- ; /; jict to the approval'.of .his action by the Minium ster. (Travelling allowances' while 'an officer is ? ;»t f 6ea ,sMI be at, the following .rate:—Eor the : ::);a^t;iday,V;ss.';,'.v,loT-,subsequent days, :25.-. 6d.; .'iriVthese ''regulations vpreclado .^.Ministers.'.friom , . specially 'authorising' temporary. v'= special .rates or; amounts iorteayelling, ■to 'meet '.''speoial caEes,;as lutlierto. r Cpst : 'oi s transport'.by ,'r land.br.seaswill -be paid by.the Government, ¥w,":.w>en; paid Telling,: the : ;: : .' eame'will .'be .recoiipe'd. to.' him on :of ■i .vouchers; ;but no 'Vouchers for suchrexpensos ;■?. wiU: be fdrtsums :of .'-lesa , than ; ss.;:'and ■ ; ,forf-railTray. t fares■; will' not .be' ■ re-i '■• : quirod>if "the railway ..travelled- upon and of ■i.th.e-jour'a.-sy, , ore ■ stated.". : ~:..:• 3 : :.^;:pbjection3:haye.beeniexp p ressed'.locally (ij the' ':; erbyision. Which';,'allows -Ministers 5 to: increase : ;; the .'rate-::of meet : Vepecial fcasea." .I'lt'is also complained-that • the '■•: new puts 'a'senior .officer in-the service, '.YfiWhose salary; does not 'eiceed'JElOO, bn'tho'Bame v'^l^^^eiiav-cadet'.whfii'ilieyis.travellijigj' s .-.''. ■ ■