SALARIES OF EXPERTS
STANDARD IN DOMINION DESCRIBED AS. INADEQUATE. (Per United Cress .association.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 11. “If it pays Britain to give salaries of £SOOO a year to the farmers who are reorganising her milk industry, surely we can pay something more than we -ire doing to the experts on whom we depend, or should depend, for leadership in so many avenues of life,” This statement was made by Dr A. J. Harrop, agent for the University of New Zealand, at the degree day celebration at Canterbury College. Dr Harrop deplored the inadequate salaries paid in New Zealand to men holding responsible positions in the public service, as well as in the academic and other professions. This was one of the reasons why so many New Zealand graduates remained abroad after taking courses at the British universities. “Is it necessary that we should perpetuate mediocrity by offering mediocre salaries? ” he asked.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22260, 12 May 1934, Page 12
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