CIVIL SERVANTS' WAGES.
He could not agree with the proposal that unions should have the right to attach the Crown to an award. Parliament alone had the power to deal with the wage paid to employees of the Crown. If they did what was asked, they would immediately put the question of salaries in the hands of the Board and the Court, and Parliament had nothing lo do with them. Tho Government maintained that it paid public servants equal to or more tha.n the ruling rate of wages, but the principle was that no one but Parliament
had the right to appropriate puoiic money. ARBITRATION AWARDS— A
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13484, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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107CIVIL SERVANTS' WAGES. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13484, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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