STIPENDIARY STEWARDS.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17220, 1 October 1927, Page 19 (Supplement)

STIPENDIARY STEWARDS.

EXPERTS WITHOUT POWERS.

The ink could hardly have been dry upon Mr J. McMahon's resignation from the position of chief stipendiary steward before the Conference advertised a position on the committee at about half the salary paid to the retiring chief. It is not a very attractive offer that is held out to aspiring stipendiaries, and, taken in conjunction with necent events, it does not look as if any serious effort is being made to raise the status of the paid officials, or to strengthen their position. When the proposal was first made to appoint stipendiary stewards in this country it met with very strenuous opposition, and the Conference compromised by evolving the present system, which leaves their experts without any powers. To find th© right man, and extend his authority, is evidently not the policy of the authorities, if one may judge by the latest development, Mr i¥!cMahon’s resignation has afforded an excellent opportunity for a review of the whole situation, but apparently New Zealand is not yet ready to grant her stipendiary stewards extended powers.—“ The Watcher.”