POLITICAL RIGHTS.
OF STATE EMPLOYEES.
In a resolution published in Monday's issue of the Dominion, the Throndon branch of the A.S.R.S. taxed the Prime Minister with having failed to give effect to a promise that he would grant full civil and political rights to State employees. Mr Massey informed a Dominion representative that the resolution was " not quite candid."
" It referred," he stated, " to a promise given in the House the session before last that I would introduce a measure conferring the desired rights upon the Public servants. A Bill was introduced and passed by the House. It was, however, thrown out by the Legislative Council. Pt was again ready for introduction during the recent session, but along with several other matters it was held back to make way for more urgent business. There is no reason for which it should not be introduced next session. "My recollection is that there are already some 52 railwaymen who are members of local bodies, such as borough councils and town boards, and to this no objection has been made. As a matter of fact, in my capacity as Minister of Railways, I gave permission to the railway servants to become candidates for Parliament."
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Waipa Post, Volume XXI, Issue 1210, 25 February 1922, Page 7
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