RESTORATION OF CUTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18858, 8 November 1935, Page 10

RESTORATION OF CUTS

APPEAL TO EMPLOYERS FOLLOW LEAD OF STAT.E (Tor I'rnss Association.) I'APAROA, last night. An appeal to private employers to follow the lead of the Government in granting further restorations of the salaries and wages was made by the Minister of Finance, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, in speeches in the Kaipara electorate to-day. "Tho improvement in the public finances in 1934 and 1935 enabled the Government to make a well-deserved restoration of the greater part of the cuts," said Mr. Coates. "During tho same period there has been an improvement just as marked in the budgets of the majority of private businesses. Many employers have recognised the sacrifices made by their staffs during the depression, and have made complete or partial restorations of the cuts imposed in 1931 and 1932, when the Government was forced to impose tho cuts in order to reduce costs and a similar action was taken by the majority of private concerns. "Now that a considerable measure of recovery has taken place, and there is a strong prospect of continued improvement, I would urge on private employers the desirability of effecting a, further restoration in lino with the policy of the Government. The evidence of improved conditions is so general that there should bo scope, for a fairly general restoration."