MAXIMUM £500 YEARLY

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 8 June 1931, Page 5

MAXIMUM £SOO YEARLY

SALARIES OF STATE

LANG’S ECONOMY PLAN DRASTIC CUTS PROPOSED. I United Press Association —By Electric ’Jcicgtupn Copyright.) SYDNEY, June 7. A feature of Mr. J. T. l.raig'.s economy proposals which star o led the Premiers’ oonference during a s' met session when plans for reducing Government expenditure by 20 per £eut. were being discussed was disclosed by the Treasurer of the New South Wales Government, who said Mr. Lang proposed to conform with, the conference's resolutions relating to the reduction of expenditure .by reducing the salaries and payments or every mu-son i n ’he employ "of the Government to a. maximum of £5(X> a year. .’’hat tut bided the Governor, the judges, railway commissioners, Auditor-General, Ministers, members of Parliament and those people holding statutory appointments. Mr. Lang indicated that £1,000.000 would l have to be saved on salaries. It was proposed to take approximately the whole- * of--this from the higher- paid officers, but should any further amount lie required adjustments might have to l>e mad© lower down in the scale. The Governor of New fcoutii V.'iues, Sir Philip Game, at present rcc-cues £SOOO a year. The salaries of toe mdoies rang© from the Clue! juste« s £3500 to £ISOO. The Ministers receive approximately £ISOO.