"FOR SERVICES RENDERED."

Mataura Ensign, 18 March 1909, Page 3

"FOR SERVICES RENDERED."

WELLINGTON, March I*. .-Vl a lr"l«'Oi:n)L r <'f t ll»- \V cllinj;toii and MaiKr.vatn Kailv;av ('oiiiyany to-day the chuirmnn iinnouucoil in his speech '•hat i* had b'Mju decided to grant an mklU ionaj week's pay to all of the company's employee- whoso length of :?crvi(v? cNv'*- ded uii': year and did not. oxceod !iw yearr, ;i I'm-I night's pay for thoae uho.-o period ol' service wa*> botwotm live and hvelvo years, and four weeks' pay for IlioM* with a record of over twelve vp;irs. Special payments had been made to Messrs Hannuy, Marchbanks (engineer) and Harold (secretary in London) in recognition of their services, and ihese sums, with the money distributed among the general staff, totalled .£BOOO. This amount had been taken from special accumulations of previous years and put :i!»u!e for the purpose.