THE WAIPA POST. Printed on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. TUESDAY, 22ND DECEMBER, 1931. PUBLIC SERVANTS.

Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3391, 22 December 1931, Page 4

THE WAIPA POST. Printed on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. TUESDAY, 22ND DECEMBER, 1931. PUBLIC SERVANTS.

EMPLOYEES of the Post and Telegraph Department at Auckland passed a resolution stating, among other things, that Civil Servants' are carrying more than a fair share of the country’s burden. No doubt we all feel most the sacrifices we ourselves are called on to make, but the Public Service would be well advised not to make comparisons and so provide a return in kind. Its members have suffered a ten per cent reduction in salaries or wages, a loss of overtime in some cases, and reductions in staff. But, as the Dominion points out editorially, the great majority are still secure in steady, regular work With their future provided for by superannuation. Workers in private employ have had to accept an equal if not a greater reduction in salaries or wages, have suffered by loss of overtime, short time, rationing of work, widespread unemployment and the constant worry and anxiety for the future. . Farmers, business and professional men, manufacturers and producers of all kinds have almost all suffered far greater than a 10 per cent reduction in income; many have suffered total loss. As a matter of fact, many in these days wistfully regard the comparative security and certainty represented by what they regard, rightly .or wrongly,, as the haven of the; Public Service. ,y