WAR LEGISLATION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14441, 30 October 1917, Page 7

WAR LEGISLATION.

i« CIVIL SERV^iN T TS;, (3LAUSE. ; coun6il AJVIENDMENT OPPOSED. » T— ' fFif.o9l Pur , Pari "ipuentftry'-nepprtor.)! v■' ■ - WELLINGTON, this day. ■* Mr Herdman n^ovedi in 'the House yes- • terday that the amendment 'made .to* tbe War Regulation - Bill byi tlie Council be agreed "wi.ih, At iThs ahiehdmeiits consisted ;of,..an addition, to clause rl6, extending relief to .contractors, whether "-the. con- | tract was entered into ,before or after ithe passing • of . tlie Act, ( ahd of a*,proviso to clause 29, setting forth that if a civil servant wilfully refused to continue the performance of his duties after his retention beyond the retiring age, his superannuation rights' should not be' preserved to him. r . Mr Veitch contended that the amendment by the- Couhbil .was. deplorably unjust/and represented confiscation of all the rights civil servants had' worked and paid for.Several other members also urged that the amendment should be disagreed with, whereupon. Mr Herdman, after explaining, that its.., only intention was to meet. * the case' of a mail who refused to make ,the small sacrifiae asked of him/ m order , to allow, younger imen to go to the ' front; withdrew lii»- motion, and moved that the amendment be disagreed with. t : Avasi carried"' oh the voices/and Messrs. B uddo, Pari", Veitch , and Herdman Avere i appointed a' committee to draw, up reasons ;of the disagreement.^ . ; : There were reported *io'. he :1. That the ( ameiidment was i&rfecessary. 2. That I thei right of a- coiftributor t& the superannuataon f und bevahsolute.