PUBLIC SERVICE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 243, 13 October 1937, Page 7

PUBLIC SERVICE

ASSOCIATION MEETING ADDRESS BY MINISTER [ Per Press Association. ] WELLINGTON, Oct. 12. The Public Service Association Conference was opened to-day by the Attorney-General, Hon. H. G. R. Mason. The Public Service Commissioners were also present. Mr. Mason congratulated the association on its continued success and increasing membership, which, he understood, was now about 90 per cent, of the Civil Service membership The Prime Minister had already indicated to the association his support of the policy of non-poiitical control of tlie Government services in New Zealand. The traditions of the ser-

vi es were as high as in the corresponding services in the Motherland. Gr.e of the matters requiring attention was the effect of the housin’ shortage on some civil servants. I>i some isolated places, where there was no demand for houses, civil servants found it almost impossible to find accommodation. The association's representations on behalf of the officers affected had received a very sympathetic hearing from the Prime Minister and would not be overlooked when the difficulties facing the Housing Department were overcome. The association had been promised a superannuation scheme which would receive attention as soon as the major national scheme was disposed of and had the assurance that its fund' would not be merged in the nation scheme.