UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD
SALARIES OF MEMBERS INCREASED
By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, October 26.
In the House to-day, when the Unemployment Fund Vote was being discussed in Committee, the Minister was asked what increases of salary had been given to members of the Unemployment Board.
The Hon. J. A. Young said that when a member of the Board was appointed deputy-chairman his salary was not increased. His salary then was £455, and it was now proposed to increase It to £650. The second member of the Board, Mr J. A. Pascoe, was doing valuable work, and it was proposed to give him a fixed salary of £6OO. The. third member received £270.
Mr P. Fraser (Lab., Wellington Central) moved that the vote be reduced by £395 to leave the salaries as they were.
Other Labour members protested against the increase while there were many persons dependent on the Board receiving less than £SO a year. The ability of members of the Board was not questioned. The amendment was lost by 29 votes to 23, and the vote passed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19941, 27 October 1934, Page 11
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