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RETRENCHMENT
IMPORTANT SERVICES
AFFECTED
Temporary Employees
To it the soil loudness of the financial
position is realised to the full by the
departments, of the Commonwealth
Department was instanced yesterday
when the Home Affairs Department
held a conference of his side of bi inches
under its control in in effort to see
where economies could be elicited during
the 12 months ending June, 30
next year
Sexeic nutriment of the In and ,
concerned is likely to take place as
pepall in i eli i acting of staff Under
the control of the department ate the
Commonwealth Meteorological Service,
which even now has not sufficient
money to be able to carry out work
which it considers essential, the Put-
east of Statistics, the Commonwealth
Forestry School, and the Solar Obsci
waters at Mount Stromlo "
Mr P E Deane, secretary of the
Home Affairs Department, said that
a rigid economy would be ent in cell, and
the Treasury would have to be "even
strong seasons before it would vote
funds this week Whatever possibly,
temporary labour would be dispensed
with. and expenditure was old be culti-
a minimum Another conference is to
be held to-day
The economy wave is sweeping
through all the departments Possibly
the Defence Department will be hit
hat die than any of the others, since
there are 2,500 temporary employees
there, more than in any of the others
Despite protests from the Chief of
Staff, Sai Hai i y Chauvel it is under -
stood that the staff and the diluted
provisions will be cut to the lowest,
even to the point where it is so low
the margin of safety as cm Gillies to Sir
Harry Chauvel and the military and
naval experts
When Cabinet meets in Canberra
about July 10, much discussion and
time are sure to be expended on ways
and means of lime ism-, revenue and
lowering administrative costs, in a
desperate attempt to relieve the clean
coal position and balance the ledger
when this year expires The feeling, is
growing, that the income tax. will be
increased, as this is thought to be the
only way in which the funds can be
raised on the most equitable basis
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