SALARIES OF M.P.'S.
PRESENT PAY^INADEQUATE. OUTSIDE CRITICISM DEPLORED. [I!Y TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL REPORTER.] WELLINGTON, Friday. The salaries of members of Parliament were mentioned by the Hon. J, B. Donald, Postmaster-General, in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. Donald said he considered members were underpaid. He fully realised that it would not do to raise members' salaries at present, bub it was ridiculous to think that a man should devote his while time to the business of the country for £405 a year. A member of Parliament's work was not an eight-hour job. It was practically a 14-hour job. Mr. A. Harris (Reform —Waitemata): And there is no superannuation. Mr. Donald: That is so. I am sorry that men in good positions cry out against members of Parliament and their salaries, I would like to see some of them come into the House and carry on at £405 a year. They would not want to stay very long. "I hope that when conditions improve, continued Mr. Donald, "the Government will take up this question and see that members get fair remuneration for the work they do. 1 advocated that at the election and will do so again."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20958, 22 August 1931, Page 12
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