REDUCTION OF SALARIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18077, 29 April 1922, Page 9

REDUCTION OF SALARIES

j * | N.S. WALES PARLIAMENT. j DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS. I Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Heed. 7.15 p.m.. SYDNEY. Apr:! 28. In the Legislative Assembly the Members' Salaries Bill was amended to >iau> ! from July 1 eicept in the case of Ministers, who voluntarily agreed to a reduction of £275 from March 25. Progress was reported ;ust before midnight. ! and the Assembly adjourned until Tuesday. The Dili is not yet out of the wood. Sir George Fuller A intention was to force it through at one sitting, but he found that the feeiing against rushing it was too strong, and he nad to consent to holding it over till next week, when [ various proposed amendments will be discussed. The debate disclosed a good j deal of caballing among various sections over tho Bill and much diversity of opinion as to the scope of the reductions, \ some favouring as much as £500. One iof the main weapons used against the j Government was that tho reduction of ; Ministers' salaries was disproportionate Ito that of members' salaries. The- defence was that at the time tie salaries were raised members received an increase of j75 per cent, and Ministers only 40 per t cent, advance, and that Ministers were making the reduction retrospective for | themselves.