LANG’S WAY

Grey River Argus, 8 June 1931, Page 5

LANG’S WAY

WITH SALARY CUTS All to £5OO Level (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received June 7 at 6.30 p.m.) I SYDNEY, June 7. “The Sun” says: A feature of Mr. Lang’s economy proposal which jstartled the Premiers’ Conference during its secret session, when the plans ( for the reducing of government expenditure by twenty per cent, were disclosed by Treasurers, was the way in which the N.S.W. Government is to effect salary reduction. The New South Wales Government, said Mr Lang, proposed to conform with the Confer-, ence’s resolutions relating to expenditure reduction by reducing salaries and. payments of -every person in the cm-1 ploy c-f the Government to a maxi-j. ilium of five hundred pounds per year.! Thar would include the State Governor, the Judges, the Railway Comi missioners, the Auditor-General, the CabijM' , t r MinisV/e.r?-, (the Members of Parliament and those people who are I holding statutory appointments.

Mr Lang indicated that one million pounds would have to be saved on ■ salaries. It was proposed, he. said, to take approximately the whole ofi this from the higher-paid officers, butshould any further amount be required. 1 th? adjustments might be made lower down in the scale. .