Travelling Allowances.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1713, 29 July 1885, Page 3

Travelling Allowances.

The Ministry have issued amended regulations as to the travelling allowances as for curd servants. Ihe rate for personal expenses is to le os rid daily per fIOO ef salai v. with a minimum per day of 10s and a maximum ef - Ji \ These rules do not a).ply to existing holder,- cf offices entitled to a higher rate, or eases whore hi Jut iatc= ate sanctioned bv a wut be paid by Government ; but at sea, after tbe ills! day, a daily allowance of ds lid only will be granted. The Government have not struck at the real abuses in the system. The big-liiL’s of the C ivil Service are still to have their extravagant;' 1 travelling allowance;: ie.t unt* iichcci. And Min islets them-t-Tvea arc still to go on drawing large sum? under_ the ,-ame head, so that by frequent travelling they can amass a considerable amount of money over and above their large ctticial salaries. Ministers should have begun their work by cutting down their own travelling ••.;i,, Wl , De£ . 3 to reasonable limits. CaUu uem c *j.