AN ECONOMY MEASURE.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 7, 5 December 1930, Page 2

AN ECONOMY MEASURE.

DAIRY BOARD REDUCES ** ITS EXPENDITURE. 1 ... MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL RECEIVE LESS, WELLINGTON Dec. 3. A decision to reduce tho honoraria of memben-s by 20 per cent. and the salaries of staffs in both New

Zealand and London by 12J per cent, was reached by the New Zealand Dairy Board at its meeting today. Hitherto the honorarium ojf members has been £250 per annum each and that of tho chairman £750 per annum. Tho sum of £7OO will therefore, bo saved by the reduction which is to be effective from Feb. ruary 1 next. In the case of the •salaries tho sum of £7830 is involved, that being" the figure covering tlio head office and Lon•don expenses for the board's last financial year. The per cent, reduction will therefore mean a saving of approximately £950. in agreeing to tho reduction the board took tho view that it was incumbent on it as tho head of the dairy industry to givo a lead towards economy in view the market positon of primary produce. Tflie chairman (said that ho was sorry from the point <j' view of tho staff that it was necessary to lake this attitude, but in. the face of circumstances it was essential for every, body to /economise. Tlio position of- tho whole d"; the board's staff had boon geno into carefully, and ho could not <seo where any reduction of numbers could be made. The industry could rely upon tho board facing the situation with duo regard to economy. Opportunity was also taken in connection with the discussion of ec_

onomy to correct a report from Taranaki to. the effect that the expense ojk' the recent visit of the chairman to London had amounted to over £I4OO. Mr. lorns pointed out that the rfull cost to industry did not exceed £7OO, including fares. He had kept cx_

penses to a minimum and douo much entertainment at his own expense. As a matter of fact his personal expenses. exceeded tho sum charged the board by £250. His railway travelling expenses in Britain were under £25, although ho had visited the southern industrial areas and Scotland two or three times.