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M.H.R. ASKED
ABOUT SALARY
INCREASE
GOULBURN, Tuesday — The
secretary - of .' .the' ( Goulbum
branch of the ALP. (Mr. J. E.
Cleary) . asked Mr. A. D. Fraser,
postal^ ?; workers'
meeting 'wHy' members of Par
?llameht liad iiot 'sought? 'the! Ar
bitration1^ Court's permission to
increase ; thelrsalarlcs' j
- ? -Mr. Fraser. replied: ' 'Parlia-
?nient 'Is ' responsible only to' the
people.*. -If; the- people object to
its- decisions- they can -change
.it.'----::i « j ^
- Last- year members - of-tlje
Commbnwealth Parliament
voted, themselves a 50 per -cent.
Increase :fW-m; £1000 to £1500 a
;year.-.';;
Earlier In- the meeting Mr.
Max LoVegrove, , of- fourth divi
sion telegraphists, . . referred to
the increase for-. MiH.Rs., when
he stated the case for increases
for postal workers.
? Mr. Fraser ' declared: 'Ref-
erences like that -will .not. help
your cause '
the parliamentarians' i first. ; in- 1
crease since 7 1920' - -i ' .
? Mr. Fra8er'.'said that ia, mis-i
fortune' of. the ;postal.- ! -. workers
was thafc' there; had been a lack
of tunity :in i their- ranks; -: !l
1 ' Amid * laughter ?; ? he ? declared :
'I '-can. 'assure ; you' there;-, was |
complete .' unity; . in: our -- 1 -ranks |
:when:.we:decided-' to increase, our |
salaries ' ' -
% Mr; Eraser, told- the .-..??meeting
that he: had' mortgaged his per
sonal possessions to raise the
money : to canvass the electorate i
before his election as member
for EdenTMonaro. j ?
v .Mr. Fraser .was loudly., cheer
ed when he added: ''In my five
years in Parliament, .vhat- mort-
gage .has not been reduced by .ft
penny.' ,
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