PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22723, 8 November 1935, Page 8

PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES

■ AUCKLAND CITY COUNCILLORS REMIT TO MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE ( Special to Daily Times i AUCKLAND, November 7. The payment of allowances to councillors for their slices as councillors is to be supported >y the Auckland City Council in a remit which it was decided to forward to the next municipal conference. On the Order Piper at a special meeting of the council there was a remit in the name of A. Rosser, suggesting an amendment to tlf Municipal Corporations Act providiiS for the payment of any wages lost b’ any councillor while engaged on the hisiness of the council. Mr Rosser said that when he framed this remit he bid overlooked the fact that a somewhat similar remit had been submitted to the ast conference and lost.

This had sought to authorise the payment of allowances to councillors for their services. He now preferred to withdraw his remit and have resubmitted to the conference the one lost last year. It might be said that the moment the Labour Council came into office it sought power to have its members paid, but the remit which he now favoured had been brought forward by a former conn- • cil on which Labour was in the minorI ity. On the council and on other similar bodies were men who, in carrying out the duties placed on them, were faced with considerable loss. The large amount of time which had to be given by members " in attending to their duties was not > generally realised. Mr Rosser was permitted to withdraw 1 his remit and it was decided to adopt ‘ last year’s remit and have it resubmittei to the conference.