PROTEST MADE AGAINST LABOUR COUNCIL'S ACTION.
ALDERMEN MUST NOW NOMINATE MEN FOR ALL EMPLOYMENT. By Telegraph Pres* Assn.—Copyright. A hr. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 80, 9.15 am.) SYDNEY, April 30. Under the Government's recently apthe City Council by Labour aldermen it: is now necessary to secure the nomination of an alderman before any appointment far unskilled labour can l»e made in any section of the Council’s service. Not only reform aldermen, but. also some Labour members strongly protested Affinst this form of patronage. The Labour member who moved the original motion protested that it. had been altered in such a way by the. Labour Caucus as to make it absolutely tinfair and unjust. It. now meant that the nominations must be by Labour aldermen as Reform aldermen have no power in regard to nominations. He added some aldermen appear to have all the pull in regard to appointments. The secretary for the Reform Aldermanic Party stated that of 577 new appointments made during the past four months 570 were nominees of Labour aldermen.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17834, 30 April 1926, Page 1
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