THE POLICE FORCE.
SUPERANNUATION QUESTION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Wednesday. Misapprehensions seem to exist regarding the position of the police force in respect to the public service superannuation scheme. At a meeting of the Wellington*, force it was resolved that members would be placed in a false position if brought compulsorily under the Public Service Superannuation Act. The Minister for Justice (Hon. Jas. McGowan) explains that there is no intention on the part of the Government to compel members of the force to drop their own scheme (the Police Provident Fund) and join the newer one. The decision rests entirely with themselves. The law provides for merging the police scheme in the public service superannuation scheme, ( if upon a ballot the majority of the force wished to make the change. Regarding the postponement of the ballot, Mr. McGowan explains that certain omissions have been discovered in the clauses of the Public: Service Superannuation Act relaxing to the police force, and until these are supplied the ballot will not be taken, as the Government intends that there shall be no ambiguity in the matter.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13702, 19 March 1908, Page 5
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