TENSE SCENE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 80, 5 April 1932, Page 10

TENSE SCENE

§I.P.'S REMARK Cl\|l|U SERVANTS ANGRY "NO -HUMAN SYMPATHY" i; (By Telegraph.) (Sp eisial to "The Evening Post.") CHKISTCHUKCH, This Day. Stroi lg exception to the remark by Mr. B-, ' W. Hawke, M.P. for "Kaiapoi, that :tf ; the members of tho Public Service -wfere not satisfied with conditions they iihould leave their employment, was -iaiken at a conference between representatives of tho combined Public Serv: Jcie Associations in Canterbury and the Ijjfeal and visiting members ...of Parliainiei it in Christohurch. At one stage the .eb«airnian (Mr. D.G. Sullivan M.P.) had tjb' call the meeting to order. Thj-f hardsHip that would follow the imp< Ration of another 10 per cent reductfioji, in wages, together with the proppsi xl. 5 per cent unemployment relief -taix on wages, was pointed out and towatr^ls the end of the meeting the chaihtnan asked the.members of Parliament fcf whether they had any questions to a . , '" This thought has occurred to me wh.il fc listening to the speeches," stated Mr.' Hawke. '' Arc you bound to stay in'.'t 'fee Service if you,are not satisfied! I ha'B\-e been a workman all my life, and wjll \ not stand for anything that is not, .fair and square." Xfr. Hawke's remark was received wSth expressions of surprise and disapproval. Viilr. P. Fraser M.P.: "Mr. Hawke's renacdy for the Public Service will not be'-.accepted, even in Parliament." '4l am asbit annoyed," declared Mr), J. S. Eoscoe of the Hallway Office: ib Institute. "I thought members of Parliament were in sympathy with th g Public Service. The remark by Mr. H iwke shows ho has no human symprfthy." . .' ~ iAfter a tense scone various opinions' M' rre expressed. Five Labour members 3 ( isolated they would oppose all wages tf \ tis. . - . , . , : 'Mr. H. Holland, Coalition member for North, stated -that he [ lpped the floating of the £5,000,000 ilfan would make the impending cut iiinnecessary. ' Mr. H. S. S. Kyle, Coalition member for Biccarton, said that he aid not know iwhether he would support the unemployment tax of Is in tho £. jj The meeting closed with votes of rahanks .to the members of Parliament wor attending. ■