“I say it is a public scandal that a man should have been appointed on that basis,” declared Mr S. G. Holland, M.P., in an address at Palmerston North to a gathering of several hundred supporters of the National Party, when he strongly criticised the appointment of the Rev. C. E. Scrymgeour to the position of director of commercial radio advertising at £5OO a year and 74 per cent, of the revenue. It would be as logical to appoint a chief postmaster on the basis of a percentage out of every stamp sold, every parcel posted, and every telegram sent, Mr Holland said. It was estimated by competent authoriites that Mr Scrymgeour’s job would be worth at least £lO,OOO a year. If he hung on long enough be would be a millionaire.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20672, 10 March 1937, Page 5
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