PUBLIC SERVICE

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1946, Page 9

PUBLIC SERVICE

HOUSES FOR MEN ON TRANSFER provisionadvocated (P.A.) TIMARU, April.l7. ‘■‘The State has an obvious duty to build, buy, or finance the purchase of houses for its servants who are transferred in the public interest,” said the president of the New Zea r land Public Service Association, Mr. J. K. Hunn, of Wellington, in an address to the South Canterbury section at Timaru. “Admittedly transfers are restricted as far as possible to cases where promotion is involved,” he added, “but that is a small consolation to the officers concerned when they are separated from their families for long periods. Many other employers recognise their responsibility, to provide houses for members of their staffs on transfer, and the State' is even better able to protect its employees in the same way.” Mr. Hunn also mentioned that the ability of the association to co-oper-ate in a pacific settlement of Public Service problems was being recognised by the authorities more than ever. In addition to its representation on the Superannuation Board the Association had been granted representation on the Consultative Committee, the Government Accommodation Board, the Rehabilitation and Staff Training Committee, and the Hostel Management Committee. That was clear evidence of the prestige of the Association.