CIVIL SERVICE
TO THE BBRfUL Sir,— Some of our legislators haTe lately been proposing that the expenditure 1 6n account of the Civil Service should be cut down; but these gentlemen quite overlook the facts that the expense of livipg has much risen and will rise still higher, that in prosperous times (when your business man is hauling in the chekels) the Civil Servant does not benefit, and further, that at the present time most, if not all, Civil Servants are giving a day's pay every month (in addition to numerous subscriptions) to the Patriotic Fund. It may also be pointed out that owing to many being absent at the war, those remaining are now working at great pressure. "As the higher officers malte a good deal out of their travelling allowances, and as they generally spend no more than the lower officers, it might, be a fair thing to attack the allowances of all those who get over 12s 6d a day. It might also be as well if honourable members reduced their own salaries by, say, £50 a year. — I am, etc., KIWI. Bth September, 1915.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 63, 11 September 1915, Page 9
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188CIVIL SERVICE Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 63, 11 September 1915, Page 9
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