PRINCIPLE OPPOSED
SUBSIDY FOR SOLDIERS LOCAL BODY EMPLOYEES (Per Press Association.) ASHBURTON, this day. The Ashburton Hospital Board yesterday carried the following resolution: “The board believes that democratic principles must be observed in regard to war On this principle, each soldier should "receive payment'in accordance with his rank. The payment of a subsidy on military pay by the employing local bodies, as suggested by the department, would place the recipients of such a subsidy in a privileged position in comparison with those recruits not eligible for such payment.
“The board is also of the opinion that such a principle would introduce a grave injustice which would seriously prejudice recruiting for the army.”
The resolution was in reply to a letter from the Health Department asking the board’s opinion of proposals to pay subsidies to local body employees who have enlisted to bring the rates of pay up to those in their civilian occupations.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20140, 9 January 1940, Page 4
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153PRINCIPLE OPPOSED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20140, 9 January 1940, Page 4
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