COLONIAL GOVERNORS' SALARIES
: _ London, Maroh 28. lh« Bar o f Kintore consider* the lower. <oer of salaries has materially added to the diffimlty of selection Governors for the ooltnies. The Bil] redaciogthe future Governor'? •alary to £500 was read a lecond time on tdiviMon by 36 to 31. The Bill «v lh^» P*"ed thro«»h Committee. The Premier agreed that it mas an opportune time to conaider the matter, bnl if the Bill passed miU present form it would mean a reduction, including allow»nces, to £4000. tie said the Government "'•y to t eiface the allowances by over ±.2000, wd he asked the Ho«v«e to leave the matter m Ministers' hand*. air Henry Parkes very strongly opposed «>« Bill. He said that, m order to (ret a competent nan to fill the office, it might ™ "ecewary, and might be better, to give * o t 000 or even £20,000 a year, There wai plenty of room for retrenchment elsewhere, and it would be far better, m the J|"e interests of tb« oolony, to leave the "Overnor alone. He advocated the aboli*lon of pen«ion« to Government servants. h ir Hrnry Fsrke* voted against the Bill.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XVI, Issue 1640, 3 April 1895, Page 3
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191COLONIAL GOVERNORS' SALARIES Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XVI, Issue 1640, 3 April 1895, Page 3
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