WAR BONUS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13658, 29 August 1916, Page 1

WAR BONUS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Tn the Kdilnr of ■" The Times.'' •'Sir,—l'am surprised that no .one has takfcn exception to this shameless grant Jo. the Civil Service. They.',suffer jio; thing from droughts, they receive their regular pay no matter what'happens to others, Canterbury and North Otago . have had two years, of drought, and as. this war is. going on not only have we to endure it-, but our sons and grandsons are taken from us to facte those horrid Germans, and wc are told by the governing body to be economical. We have to be so whether we like it or not; but trio railwayinen . and other .branches must not suffer. No, they musthayeawar bonus. I consider it shameless'and unjust,.- Let the governing begin showing economy by giving' up their dripk in\ the .parliamentary. ,and -take' . George, who ; has .banished t all iiitoxi-' , cants from. hisjftnble. oiii; governmen'''will} not ■ give up theiri'drinlc . nor let others .do it either.—l am, etc,, • '■: ... B. MacGIULIVBAY,' ' Kakinuij Aiigusfc 28th, 19161