The Harbour Board Secretaryship.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11659, 19 January 1901, Page 2

The Harbour Board Secretaryship.

.PROPOSAL TO INCREASE ) SALARY. "

IsT actardahoe 1 with notice previously, given, Mr Ward moved at the Harbour BoATtHneetiflg^n Friday afternoon that Me secretary's Salary beincrtased by £50. He quoted fegures to show that in X&l the secretary's salary was £290; btttit had since 'been cnt down, notwithstanding the factjhjoiti there, had been a very large -in/jrease,iu the In Mr Rennell, he sai4 the Board had a very oompetent secretary, and .one who.psrr formed hia dqties to the sstasfaotion ,of all concerned, He. was a thoroughly jgood o|scer f Sod be thought the Board should .pay apiary cqmmenauratewith &c, *qrk done. .•, -. t Mr Cliff seconded, th£ motion. • The Chairman. , stated fthat; lie jquit* agreed, wilh what Mr Ward liadsaidtei garding Mr Rennell. In fact, he dojubtod ' if the Board could get a better secretary. The system adoptedjby Mr, Rennell wa| j very thorough, and if any, information was wanted it.could.be turned up at a moment's notipf> agreed that the work had increased, but without committing himself one way or the other he thought it Would be better •to leave the question ofTSh ilfljrease till the new BbaMwas eld6t4d. ■' 'J .; \ r

Mr King said' without going into th* merits of the' matter he tho,uaht the better plan would, b. 9 to )eaVe we^question to be dealt w^th by the new Board. Mr M^l«ean was of; the same opinion. He said when he was elected to the Board it was his painful doty to 4nove that the salary be reduced. -While he thought that £300 a year was a good salary— many of the county clerks had to work for much less—'-he^ was n6t averse to an increase r qf , £25. At th« same time he considered it would be unfair to vote an increase just as th« Board was going out of office. Hfi also added a tribute to the excellent and capable manner in. whiph Mr . Rennell did the work connected with the office of Secretary. Mr Ward explained that his reason in. bringing the question, forward a,V that meeting was oecause Some ojf the members had been associated with Mr Ren nell for six ye£r« c* more and were able to judge the work done by that offioer. Ultimately it was agreed to defer the motion until the new Board is elected.