SURVEYORS IN THE EMPLOY OF THE STATE SEEK BETTER SALARIES

Wanganui Chronicle, 5 October 1949, Page 6

SURVEYORS IN THE EMPLOY OF THE STATE SEEK BETTER SALARIES

N. PLYMOUTH, Last Night (P.A.) —Support for the endeavours of surveyors in the employ of the State to achieve salary status considered by them to be commensurate with their professional status and responsibilities was accorded by the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors at the annua! conference at New Plymouth today. The conference recommended its council to take up the matter with the authorities concerned.

The question was dealt with at length by the Surveyor-General, Mr. R. G. Dick, during a discussion on the following motion, which was carried: “That, taking into consideration the serious arrears of urgent survey works which are required as a basis for the development of the resources of the Dominion, this conference views with concern the inadequacy of the numerical strength of the field staff of the Lands and Survey Department, and, therefore, its inability to cope with these urgent commitments, and, in the light of information placed before this conference, urges the council to take immediate steps to approach the authorities concerned with the object of obtaining a ’substantial increase in the salaries paid to surveyors in the Public Service, and thus reduce the losses caused by resignations, and make careers and. prospects for recruitment of surveyors more attractive.”