Sept. 3.
The report of the Salaries Commission has been examined from the point of view of its demands on municipal resources and, therefore, ultimately on the taxpayer. The Council re-assembling after recess will have to consider what action should be taken on it. No doubt attention will be paid to the criticisms which the report has evoked and, it may be, the Council will len an ear to the view that, as the immediate question of the depreciated tael has been solved, precipitancy in dealing with the report should be avoided, Apart altogether from the financial issues involved there are general grounds for counselling delay. In the last few years there hus been discussion of the extent to which the Council is amenable to the opinions of the ratepayers. The Constitution under which works is admittedly only semi democratic, The procedure for eliciting the view of tne electorate is cumbrous, Valil considerations may be held t" exist for making the Council's proceedings comparable with those of a Cabinet. and, therefore, closed to the Press: The complexity ofthe issues involved in the inter national character of the Set! ment and in the statis of the Settlement itea!f inches i esceedingly desirable that, the Council should be wniamper 1 by ill-conceived antagoxis. especially as it ix not always easy for ne better
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