THE NATIONAL FINANCE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19640, 7 November 1933, Page 6

THE NATIONAL FINANCE

POSITION STILL DIFFICULT. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, November 6. The biennial conference of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association, under the presidency of Mr Kent Johnston (Hamilton), opened to-day. The conference was visited by the Hon. Adam Hamilton, Postmaster-General, and Mr McNamara, secretary. The Minister referred to the strained relations that had for a time existed between the Government and the Association, but although the Association comprised officers of the Department, he was pleased to be able to say that the disagreement had not in any way affected the splendid standard of efficient and loyal service the Department as a whole rendered the Government and the community. The P. and T. Department was a State Department that not only paid its own way but had come to the assistance of the Government with a sum just on £1.000.000 in 1931-32 and again with £500,000 last year, so when the country was out of the economic difficulties that fact would be rememh ed in considering improvements for e employees. However, continued tl Minister, the Government we still facing great difficulties and he could held out no hope for anj'thing in the nature of restored “cuts” to civil servants until the national finance was in a much better position than it was at the present time.