In this week's Municipal Gazette, the Council] issue a statement on the subject of salaries, in which it is announced that with certain modifications it is proposed to proceed with the revision of the salaries of municipal employees on lines suggested in the report of the Municipal Salaries Commission.
It is stated, iter alia, that "The Council considers that it would be a step fraught with the\ gravest' possible consequences they were to fold their arms and disregard entirely the recommendations of the Salaries Commission. In fact, if becomes more and more plain to the Council that if they are to remain responsible to the Ratepayers for the proper and efficient administration of this Settlement, the staff must be sufficiently' remunerated or abuses may creep in, the best men will go, and those who replace them will not be worthy of that degree of confidence which should be reposed in the public service.
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