THE WAR BONUS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12244, 16 February 1918, Page 9

THE WAR BONUS.

EDUCATION hoard staffs

excluded.

DEPARTMENT’S ACTION

QUEST'] ONED

All employees 0 f Education Hoards were included by Parliament in tlm pi evasion made Inst session f or U, R pnv . Wo thewor bonus to public I^l- - \ ,U V 10 deciSlo ! l of tho EducaEfenrV 8 slal ; d lo be to arc no nn H f loe stilfts of the boards bonus onf PC U> P artll, -ipntn in the uomis. and no payments .will b e niiM | c on their account dralL“S Sf ll " A ri"op, i;ilio,i rav- £ , .. b " ;,r l,mills "inkM it pa'.ible to any persons employed Jilber permanently or temporarily in the Govonimpii.t service, or in the'serv co of any Education Hoard, or in any lion T 1 of w-2 n Bo.ud is the controlling; anthorn. P T SpIKs to anv office pnrsuant hj, the provisions of mnLv 1,1 t rm ‘ i P b <)P Pub! if; moneys as remuneration for services in respect of the duties of such office.” As a. urn test against the Departmen al attitude it was reported that the hoard stalls contemplated refusin'* to have anythm K to do with distributing Urn next bonus to the teachers in March next. Ueforence to Education hoard officials this morning elicited the ansfler that if the Department asked them to undertake the distribution of the bonus they would have in do it. they feel very strongly on the matter however, and maintain that they areas much in th 0 employ of tho Education Boards as the teachers themselves, and think something ought to he done to enable them to get the bonus. The Departmental officials will get the bonus, hut not the hoard officials. The Education Board h.ns written twice to the Department on the matter, but each time tho rof|iiesh made has boon refused. 'The officials point out chat the distribution of the bonus to tho teachers will throw n lot of extra work on them, and it will take at least a, week to make the distribution, not taking into account the upsetting of their hank schedules and payment Ibis. There are 1100 teachers in the North Canterbury districts, and if the officials did anythin-! drastic in their resentment it wen Id only mean that this largo body of people'would he the sufferers.

'J ho, hoard officials think they on,"lit to harp received at least an explanation irom the Department as io why such treatment has been meted out to them.