ECONOMY IN BRITAIN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10964, 28 July 1921, Page 6

ECONOMY IN BRITAIN

ANTI-WASTE CAMPAIGN NO MORE BONUSES FOR HIGHLYPAID OFFICIALS. GOVERNMENT’S POLICY. Bv Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Receiv’ed July 27, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 27. Evidence is accumulating that tho Government is seriously heeding the anti-waste campaign. Sir R. S. Horne, in the Houee of Commons, replying to criticisms .regarding the excessive salaries paid to the civil servants, said that the staff of the departments has increased from 283,000 to 312,000 since the war started. This would he investigated. Fifty per cent, of 300,000 were entitled to a war bonus, and received less than 35s per week, exolusive of the bonus, while 88 per cent, of the whole had lees than £2OO per year. Only 6000 received salaries above £SOO per year, and 777 received above £IOOO. £10,000,000 would automatically come off the bonuses in September. Apart from this reduction the Government had decided not to reduce salaries under £SOO per year, but no bonus should be paid where the salaries were over £IOOO.