CLAIMS FOR CONSIDERATION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 5 September 1913, Page 5

CLAIMS FOR CONSIDERATION.

BT TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION WELLINGTON, Sept.' 4. A deputation from the Secondary techooL ieachers' Association waited oa the Minister for Education (Hon J Allen) to-day to press their claims for consideration in the matter-of superannuation • and salaries. They desire* that the former should be counted or* the highest three years' salary as with; Civil Servants, and not "oil the last three years. It .was urged that the strai* was too great to permit teachers continuing at work till the highest salarywas reached. A scale of salaries w^ proposed under which for the first year a master would begin at £220 and a mistress at £180, and would reach ia the tenth year to £365 and £295.. After ten year* the annual increments to be* £15 an.3 £10, till £515 and £400 wa» reached. Instances were given of l«>w salaries and1 injustices inflicted. ' The cost was estimated: at £25,000 to £30 000 a year: It -fas stated that only seven out of 208 teachers were receiving over £300* per year. Mr Allen returned a sympathetic reply. Tmt held out that there w»jr no feope of ait immediate alteration. The points Drought before him • wouldFuvve Ms very earnest attention, and next year legislation would be brought oown dealing- with salaries in both primary and secondary schools. The Mniister said he desired to make their lot better, and the promise was not an idle one.