1948.

VICTORIA.

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1946.

REPORT OF

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD

FOR THE

PERIOD FROli 29TH OCTOBER, 1946, TO 30TH JUNE, 1948.

PRESENTED TO THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER IN PURSUANCE OF SECTION 20 (l) OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1946.

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J, J. GOURLEY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNL

No. 25--(ls.9d.]-10612/48.

PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD.

REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FROM 29th OCTOBER, 1946, TO 30th JUNE, 1948.

To the Horwrable the Premier of Victoria.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 20 of the Public Service Act 1946, the Public Service Board furnishes, for submission to His Excellency the Governor in Council, its report for the period from the 29th October, 1946, to the 30th June, 1948.

INTRODUCTORY. The Public Service Board, as reconstituted by the Public Service Act 1946, which

was passed by Parliament on the 17th May, 1946, commenced to function on the 29th October, 1946-the day fixed by proclamation of the Governor in Council for the coming into operation of the Act.

Mr. D. D. Paine was appointed Chairman of the Board and Mr. A. F. Graham the member representing the Government of Victoria.

Messrs J. V. Dillon and A. N. James were elected by permanent officers of the Public Service as members representing the Public Service ; Mr. Dillon representing officers other than those in the Technical and General Division in the Mental Hygiene Branch of the Department of Health and Mr. James those officers in the Mental Hygiene Branch. Messrs. J. C. McDonald and J. F. McQuade, respectively, were elected deputies to act in the absence of the elected members.

On the 26th November, 1946, Mr. Campbell Turnbull was appointed to act as deputy of Mr. A. F. Graham during the latter's absence on account of illness. Mr. Graham resumed duty on the 14th April, 1947, but it again became necessary to appoint a deputy and Mr. R. E. Harding, Public Service Inspector, was so appointed on the 27th April, 1948, and is continuing to act.

MAJOR CHANGES EFFECTED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1946. Under the provisions of the former Act, the Board was not independent in the

exercise of its powers as its determinations in the matter of the fixation of salaries and wages and conditions of employment required the approval of the Governor in Council before becoming effective.

In many matters of general administration-such as the making of promotions, the transfer of officers and the payment of increments-actual power had been vested in the Governor in Council subject to recommendation by the Public Service Board.

The new Act clearly defines the powers to be exercised independently by the Board and by the Governor in Council, respectively. The Board is given complete authority in the making of appointments to the Public Service and independent power in the matter of the fixation of salaries and wages, prescription of annual increments, the payment for and conditions of overtime work, &c. The Board's determinations in regard to these matters are subject only to disallowance by Parliament by resolution of both Houses within thirty days after receipt of any such determination.

Absolute powers are reserved to the Governor in Council in regard to the prescription of conditions of employment relating to hours of duty, discipline and conduct of officers and leave of absence. The power to create new offices (where such are not consequential upon the reclassification of an existing office) is also reserved to the Governor in Council.

The clear definition and separation of powers as between the Governor in Council and the Board has proved to be advantageous in facilitating the Board's functioning and departmental administration generally.

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Under the former Act, the Public Service formerly consisted of four divisions, viz :­First Division, Clerical Division, Professional Division, and General Division. The new Act alters the names of the Clerical Division and the General Division to the Administrative Division and the Technical and General Division, respectively, and prescribes a single scale of rates of salaries for officers in the Administrative and Professional Divisions.

FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD.

ADMINISTRATION.

The indication in specific terms in the new Act (Section 5) of the broad functions of the Board constitutes an important feature of the Act. Previous legislation contained no such provision. The Act requires the Board-

(a} to devise means for promoting efficiency in the working of departments by­(i} improved organization and procedure ;

(ii) closer supervision ; (iii} simplification of work; (iv) co-ordination of the work of the various departments; (v) limitation of staffs of departments to actual requirements ;

(vi) the improvement of the training of officers; and (vii) the avoidance of unnecessary expenditure;

(b) to exercise a critical oversight over the methods of conducting business in departments ;

(c) to supervise and improve the recruitment of the Public Service; (d) to determine salaries and wages and terms or conditions of service or

employment in the Public Service ; (e) to perform such functions in relation to the Public Service as are provided

for elsewhere in the Act or prescribed in regulations made thereunder. The importance of these functions, which actually direct the objective of the Board's

considerations and operations, is fully appreciated and the Board, therefore, is making every effort, by means of a careful examination of departmental requests, to ensure that it is fulfilling the objective of the legislation to the maximum extent. In the course of its operations, the Board requires of departments the fullest justification for all proposals involving extensions of staffing and increased expenditure.

During the period under review in this Report, nearly 1,200 investigations have been carried out by the Board and its Inspectors covering all phases of departmental staffing, classification, organization, and efficiency. The Board feels that the considerable benefits, involving both immediate and prospective savings, which have accrued from the exercise of its supervisory and other functions meet the intentions of the legislation.

It should be clearly recognized that the scope of the Board's activities is restricted solely to the field of administration and in no way traverses the domain of departmental policy. "\\'nen such policy is determined, it is the Board's responsibility to meet the administrative requirements necessary for its implementation.

DETERMINATION oF SALARIES, WAGEs, AND CoNDITIONs.

The exercise by the Board of the powers specifically conferred by Section 39 and Section 50 of the Act has necessitated a review of salary classifications and gradings in all Divisions of the Public Service and of the conditions of employment generally. The course of the Board's review is briefly set out in the following sub-paragraphs. The extent of the Board's work may be gauged from the fact that apart from 1,375 officers in the Administrative Division, there are 549 separate salary classifications in the Professional Division, 563 in the Technical and General Division, and 512 covering temporary employees.

Administrative Division and Pt·ojessional Division. The Act embodied a single schedule of rates of salaries for officers in the various

classes in the Administrative and Professional Divisions. This Schedule conferred immediate and prospective increases on officers in the lowest class as it not only raised the commencing and intermediate rates but increased the maximum rate in the automatic range from £351 to £436 a yea~. 'l'he Board. un?er ,its powe!s has since. amended the statutory schedule on two occaswns. Appendtx · A ' shows m chronologwal order the extent of such amendments.

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In addition, the Board has carried out a continuous review of the classifications of many positions and groups of positions on the basis of claims submitted by approved associations of officers and by individual officers.

Technical and General Dit-ision.

The salaries of offices in the Technical and General Division are prescribed in the Second Schedule to the Board's Regulations. Since its original promulgation, the Schedule has been subject to continuous amendment arising from determinations by the Board on claims brought before it.

Separate Schedules are prescribed for Technical and General Division offices in the General Service (Second Schedule) and the Mental Hygiene Branch (Seventh Schedule).

Temporary Employees.

Prior to the present Act, no clear statutory authority existed for the prescription of rates for temporary employees and the rates were fixed by the Board (as by the former Public Service Commissioner) by written notification to employing Departments. The Board, under the present Act, has express power to fix the salaries and wages of temporary employees and its determinations are set out in detail in the Sixth Schedule to its Regulations (General Service) and the Fifth Schedule ()!ental Hygiene Branch).

These schedules, also, have been under continuous review involving the amendment thereof in consequence of constant variations in Arbitration Awards and State ·wages Board Determinations, and of the Board's admittance of claims by approved associations and individual employees.

Casual Employees. To meet the convenience of Departments employing tradesmen and workmen of all

types on large construction and maintenance works, &c., provision is made for persons or classes of persons to be exempted by declaration of the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Board, from the provisions of the Public Service Act. These persons are employed under conditions directed by Commonwealth Arbitration Awards or State \Vages Board Determinations or under conditions based on such Awards and Determinations. As required by Section 20 of the Act, particulars of declarations made are published with this Report (Appendices "I " and "J ").

CLAIMS BY APPROVED AssociATIONS.

In pursuance of its powers, the Board made provision in its Regulations (Regulations 96 to 99) for representations to be made, in relation to salaries and wages and terms or conditions of service or employment, by such associations as are approved by the Board. The following Associations were approved by the Board:-

The Victorian Public Service Association, The Hospital Employees' Federation of Australasia, and The Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia.

Thirty-seven claims, particulars of which are set out in Appendix "B ", were submitted by approved Associations. Of these, the major claim was for the adjustment of margins of officers in all Divisions of the Public Service.

MARGINAL INCREASES CLAIMS.

Administrative and P-rofessional Divisions. A claim for an increase of 25 per cent. in the margins above the base rate existing

in 1939 was submitted by the Victorian Public Service Association on behalf of all officers in the Administrative and Professional Divisions. The claim was based on the decrease which had occurred since 1939 in the purchasing power of margins above the basic wage, and followed a relaxation of the National Security (Economic Organization) Regulations permitting an adjustment of 1939 margins within the limits of a prescribed formula.

While admitting the claim in principle, the Board, in determining the measure of increases to be granted, found it necessary to make allowance for the effect of increases which had occurred in some positions through the process of reclassification since 1939 and to take into account the fact that the salaries of certain positions, which were not in existence in 1939, had not been assessed on a 1939 basis. In consequence, the cases of officers required individual examination to establish the increase to be granted and involved the Board in a task of great magnitude.

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In reviewing the salaries of officers the following general principles, with such modification as circumstances warranted, were observed, viz:-

(1) Officers within the automatic range (Class V., Clerical Division and Class "E ", Professional Division, prior to the 29th October, 1946) were placed on rates appropriate to their years of service or according to age, whichever was the greater, provided that no officer was advanced more than two subdivisions nor beyond the rate of £364 a year on account of age.

(2) Officers classified in Class "D" who, immediately prior to the 29th October, 1946, were classified in Class IV., Clerical Division, or Class "D ", Professional Division, who on the 4th October, 1947, were in receipt of-

(a) £390 a year, were advanced to £436 a year, and became eligible for progression to Class " C " on their normal incremental dates,

(b) £416 or £436 a year were progressed to Class "C" and placed on rates of £449 and £475 a year respectively. The former became eligible to proceed to £475 a year on their normal incremental dates and the latter will become eligible for advancement to £501 on the 5th October, 1948.

(3) Officers classified in Class "C" on or subsequent to the 1st February, 1947, were progressed from the rate of £449 a year to £475 a year and became eligible to proceed to £501 a year on their normal incremental dates.

(4) Officers classified in Classes between "C" and "A" as a general rule were advanced three subdivisions.

(5) Most Officers in Classes "A" and "A1 " received increases ranging from £39 to £100 a year.

While the amendment of the Third Schedule resulted in a number of officers being placed in a class with a lower maximum than that to which they were previously eligible to proceed, the right of such officers to proceed by increments to their previous maximum salaries was preserved.

The Board's determination on this claim took effect on the 5th October, 1947.

Technical and General Division and Temporary Employees. Consideration of a similar claim on behalf of officers in the Technical and General

Division and Temporary Employees involved the review of ranges of salary prescribed for every office in the Technical and General Division having regard to the maximum increase allowed in each case under the National Security (Wage Pegging) Regulations. The result was that positions, the salaries of which had been increased to any great extent since 1939, either remained stationary or were granted smaller increases than positions the salaries of which either had not been varied or had been only sHghtly progressed since 1939. The determination on this claim took effect on the 2nd November, 1947.

AuTOMATIC CosT oF LIVING ADJUSTMENT oF SALARIES.

The Board's Regulations provide that Public Service Salaries are subject to adjustment in accordance ·with variations in the cost of living as measured by the weighted average retail price index numbers for "five towns" in Victoria as shown in the " Court Series" index of retail prices published by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.

The index-number for the six months ended the 31st December, 1946, as shown in the " Retail Prices, Court Index, Second Series " following the Full Court's Interim Basic Wage judgment of the 13th December, 1946, necessitated cost of living adjustments being increased on the 9th February, 1947, from £30 for adult males, £20 for adult females, and £15 for officers under 21 years of age, to £48, £32, and £24 respectively.

Since then movements in the index-numbers have necessitated increases, as follows, in the amount of the cost of living adjustment :-

Amount of Adjustment.

Index-number. Adult I Adult Minors.

Date when Adjustment Made.

Males. Females. I I

£ £ £

For six months ended 30th June, 1947 .. 54 36 27 lOth August, 1947

For six months ended 31st December, 1947 60 40 30 8th February, 1948

For six months ended 30th June, 1948 .. 72 48 36 (to be made on the Sth August, 1948)

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CLASSIFICATION OF DUTIES.

In addition to consideration of claims made by approved Associations for increased classifications, the Board has carried out a continuous review of classifications in cases where the nature of duties and responsibilities of positions have changed. In the course of this process, departmental organization generally and the duties of individual officers have been continuously under examination by the Board's Inspectors.

DISCIPLINE.

The Board's Regulations provide that each Permanent Head shall furnish a report each year on each officer's conduct, efficiency and diligence and, at the end of each quarter, shall report to the Board the names of any officers or employees whose attendance or conduct during the preceding quarter has been unsatisfactory.

The Act prescribes the mode of dealing with officers who are charged with breaches of the Regulations, misconduct, negligence, inefficiency, or incompetency. Where the Permanent Head, who can impose a penalty not greater than £5, is of opinion that the offence alleged is of so serious a nature as to warrant a greater penalty, the officer concerned is suspended and the charge is submitted to the Minister who, in his discretion, refers it to the Board.

In 49 cases, fines were inflicted or reprimands administered by Heads of Departments for minor offences. In addition, one officer who was convicted of a felony automatically forfeited his office under the provisions of Section 58 (1) of the Act, and one officer was dismissed under the provisions of Section 58 (2), as the Board was satisfied that he was guilty of conduct which rendered him unfit to continue in the Public Service.

During the period under review, 12 charges were referred to the Board, particulars of which are set out in Appendix " C ".

REGULATIONS.

The first Regulations of the Board were promulgated on the 29th October, 1946. These have been subjected to continuous amendment by reason of various determinations of the Board mainly affecting salaries and wages, overtime, allowances, and tra-velling expenses.

Comprehensive Regulations dealing with the following matters have also been promulgated by the Board prescribing :-

Part I.-the qualifications for, and the mode of, appointment to the Administrative, Professional, and Technical and General Divisions­including examination requirements.

Part II.-the course to be followed in regard to the promotion and transfer of officers, and the rights of officers in regard to appeal to the Board against non-recommendation by Permanent Heads.

Part IlL-Schedules of salaries for all Divisions in the Public Service and for temporary employees, and specifying the detailed application of such Schedules, including the rates and conditions of overtime payment, and conditions relating to the payment of higher duties allowances.

Part Ill. A.-the method of automatic adjustment of salaries and wages in accordance with variations in the cost of living.

Part IV.-the method by which persons may make application and be registered for temporary employment.

Part V.-general scales of rates of reimbursement of travelling and personal expenses; particulars of allowances payable in specific cases, and living away from home allowances.

Part VI.-the procedure to be followed by associations of officers or employees to become " approved Associations " ; the manner in which their claims are to be submitted, and matters relating to the hearing by the Board of such claims.

Part VII.-that periodical reports on the conduct and efficiency of officers be furnished by Permanent Heads to the Board.

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RECRUITMENT OF STAFF. Admission to the Administrative Division and to the lowest Class of the Professional

Division (Class "El') is by competitive examination, except that a "discharged soldier", as prescribed by the Act, is deemed to have passed such examination if he has already passed an examination which the Board considers is substantially equivalent thereto.

Applicants for admission to the Technical and General Division are required to pass an examination only when the Board is not already satisfied as to their educational and other qualifications.

The continued lack of candidates for a number of years for appointment for the three pivisions has constituted serious administrative problems. Only by resort to the employment m a temporary capacity of the most suitable persons offering, to the employment of females on a part-time basis, and to the working of overtime (particularly in Mental Hygiene and Penal institutions) has it been possible to meet the requirements of the administration.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION.

Following previous practice, the Board provided in its Regulations for the examination to be passed for admittance to the Administrative Division to be conducted by the Melbourne University in conjunction with the Matriculation and School Leaving Examinations. Notwithstanding that the recruitment of juniors to the Clerical Division (now Administrative Division) through the agency of the annual examinations of the Melbourne University had, for some years past, failed to yield the required number of recruits, the Board felt that, under post-war conditions and the more favourable rates of pay and conditions prescribed in the Public Service Act 1946, an improvement would result.

The Board's expectations, however, were not realized at the annual University Examinations. While competition in the same field by other Public Authorities undoubtedly contributed towards the unsatisfactory result, the Board considers that the lapse of time between the holding of the examination and the publication of the results was, perhaps, a potent factor.

In the circumstances, the Board decided to conduct additional competitive examinations for appointment to the Administrative Division. The examinations were restricted to persons recorded as having passed the School Leaving or the School Intermediate Examination. The subjects of examination were English and Mathematics at School Leaving Standard, General Intelligence, General Knowledge, and Handwriting. Examinations were held in June, 1947, and June, 1948, and were conducted by the Education Department.

The following table shows particulars of the examinations held :-

Examinations. Number of Number who Number of Successful Accepted Candidates. Candidates. Appointment. Date. Conduct<Jd by.

December, 1946 University 338 161 48

June, 1947 Education Department 68 29 29

December, 1947 University 224 108 22

June, 1948 Education Department 85 33 21*

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Notwithstanding the holding of two additional examinations, and the admission of 71 discharged servicemen with the prescribed qualifications to the Division, the total number of entrants has been entirely insufficient to meet departmental requisitions. At the 30th June, 1948, there were 199 unsatisfied requisitions.

Having regard to the seriousness of the continuance of this position from the point of view of its effect on the efficiency of the administration in future years, the Board has been constrained to consider proposals for revising the standard of examination and to devise means of ensuring a regular flow of recruits into the Division. To this end, the Government has approved of the Board's recommendation that a scheme of Public Service Scholarships be instituted.

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Public Service Scholarships. The scheme provides for 100 or less number of Public Service scholarships, as may

be determined by the Board, to be awarded annually among qualified male candidates in attendance at State secondary schools and at registered schools. Each scholarship will be tenable for a maximum period of two years at an approved higher elementary school and/or district high school or registered secondary school, and will entitle the holder to an allowance of £25 a year towards tuition fees and living expenses, and, in addition, an allowance of £4 or £5 depending on the standard reached in his course, for school requisites. Inter alia, a scholarship holder will be required as conditions of his scholarship :-

(a) to present himself, at the completion of his course, for the examination held for admission to the Administrative Division; and

(b) as from the date of his appointment to such Division, to serve as an officer thereof throughout the period of the next three years.

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION.

There are comparatively few professional offices in Class " E ", the lowest class of this Division. Of necessity, they are confined to junior positions, the occupants of which can be provided with practical training in Government departments while they continue their professional studies on a part-time basis at the University or technical schools.

The Board has conducted three competitive examinations for appointments to Class "E" as Draughtsman. Particulars of such examinations are as follows:-

February, 1947

July, 1947 ..

February, 1948

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Date of Examinal;ion. Number of Candidates.

18

28

37

Number of Sueeessful

Candidates.

15

25

29

Number who Aeeepted

Appointment.

14

24

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Examinations, also, were held for Licence as Shorthand Writer under the Evidence Act 1928, with the following result:-

Date of Examination. Number of Candidates Examined.

Number who Passed the

Examination.

November, 1946 23

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Juue, 1947 2

June, 1948 .. 3

TECHNICAL AND GENERAL DIVISION.

Many diverse occupations, skilled and unskilled, are included in the Division, and the educational qualifications and technical training required for appointment to each, in consequence, vary considerably. ·

Appointments to the Technical and General Division are made generally from the temporary staff. The Public Service Act of 1946 allowed the Board to appoint to the permanent staff many employees, who had given long service, but. were excluded from permanent appointment on account of age under the provisions of earlier Acts. Five hundred and ninety-four persons were appointed to the Technical and General Division during the period from the 29th October, 1946, to the 30th June, 1948, and of these, 534 had been previously employed on the temporary staff.

PERSONNEL STATISTICS. In accordance with the requirements of the Act a comparative statement is

furnished in Appendix " D " showing (i) the total ~mount. of_ salaries and wages pai~ to officers an.d employees in

the Pubhc SerVIce m each of the four financial years precedmg this report ; , and

(ii) the number of officers and employees m each Department at the end of each of such financial years.

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Statistical information relating to the staffing position at the 30th June, 1948, is also shown in Appendices as follows :-

Appendix " E ".-Number of permanent officers and the actual net expenditure on salaries during the financial year 1947-48.

Appendix " F ".-Number of temporary employees and the actual net expenditure on salaries and wages for the financial year 1947-48.

Appendix "G ".-Number of males and females employed on the permanent and temporary staffs in the various departments.

Appendix "H ".-Number of officers in each class of the Administrative and Professional Divisions.

DEARTH OF PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS. While post-war activities, including many major developmental projects, have

increased the demand by departments for specialized services, the supply has been insufficient to meet the demand.

The loss of trained scientific and technical personnel is a matter which continues to cause the Board grave concern. Competition existing between the Public Services of the States and the Commonwealth for specialized services is partly responsible for this loss. Within the limits of prescribing salary rates which are consonant with the generally related rates of commensurate and higher positions in the Victorian Public Service, the Board has done its utmost to meet this competition. It is evident, however, that in many instances where the services of an officer are particularly desired a salary inducement sufficient to entice him to relinquish his position in the Victorian Service is made to him.

The loss of professionally-skilled personnel is due in equal, if not greater, part to the competition exerted by State Instrumentalities and Authorities in this State. This competition is particularly evident in regard to Engineering, Architectural, and associated personnel. In consequence, the Board is frequently faced with the embarrassing position of having to consider representations that an increased salary be offered in competition to avoid an impending resignation.

In this connexion, the Board feels that the measure of control exercised under the provisions of the Public Service Act, ensuring that the services of professional personnel as between Departments are utilized in the best interests of the State, might well be extended to cover the scope of State Instrumentalities which substantially derive their finances from the same source, viz., the taxpayer.

The Board is of the opinion that the establishment under the aegis of the Government of a representative committee to co-ordinate the staffing requirements of the Public Service, Instrumentalities, and Authorities in this State is the only solution to the problem. Co-ordination on the lines suggested would result in the demands of various employing authorities being accorded a priority consistent with their comparative importance and urgency.

FORTY HOUR WEEK. The judgment of the Full Court of the Arbitration Court in the 40-hour week case,

which was delivered in September, 1947, effected a reduction to 40 hours a week in the working hours of persons employed in all industries under the jurisdiction of the Court, from the beginning of the first pay period in 1948. The judgment applied to persons employed on the casual staffs of State Departments.

Following the judgment, the Government approved, as from the 11th January, 1948, of a similar reduction to 80 hours a fortnight being made in the hours of duty of officers and employees in the Technical and General Division, whose prescribed working hours were 88 a fortnight.

The effect of the reduction in hours has been to accentuate the staff problem in all Government Institutions, the staffs of which for some years past have been required to work overtime on account of insufficient personnel. Since the 11th January, 1948, the· staffs of Mental Hospitals, Sanatoria, Penal Establishments, and the Children's Welfare Depot have been paid time and a half for work performed in excess of 80 hours a fortnight, whereas, prior to that date, payment of time and a half applied only to work performed in excess of 88 hours a fortnight. The regular payment of overtime in these circumstances

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has had the natural consequence of causing an employee to regard his total earnings as being the true salary or wage attached to his particular position. As labour conditions permit of the reduced hours being brought into operation, with a consequent reduction in the total earnings, employees will receive a practical illustration of the economic effect of the 40-hour week.

The distorted position which arises through the payment for continuous overtime as between the total earnings of senior officers who are not eligible to receive overtime payment and their subordinates who receive such payment is illustrated in the following statement of payments received by female officers at a Mental Institution during the financial year 1947-48.

Position. Actual Gross Salary. Overtime Paid. Total Earnln~.

£ £ £ Chief Nurse .. . . .. .. 384 . . 384 Hospital Nurse-

Officer (a) . . .. . . .. 345 167 512 Officer (b) . . . . .. . . 345 126 471

Nurse-Grade 1.-Officer (c) . . .. . . .. 330 171 501 Officer (d) . . . . . . .. 330 166 496

Nurse-Grade II.-Officer (e) . . . . . . .. 317 136 453 Officer (f) . . . . .. .. 328 97 425 Officer (g) . . . . .. . . 311 125 436 Officer (h) .. .. . . .. 307 127 434

INDUSTRIAL MATTERS. A number of major Awards of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, varying the

rates of pay and conditions of employment in industry generally, have affected persons employed in various Government Departments on construction and maintenance works. The employment of such persons (known as casual employees) is authorized under certificates exempting them from the provisions of the Public Service Act-see particulars in Appendices " I " and " J ".

For some years, a most unsatisfactory position has existed in regard to competition between Government Departments and State Authorities for the limited supply of skilled and unskilled casual labour. This competition which led to Authorities offering concessions in various forms to secure their particular labour requirements has brought about a position which is embarrassing to the various Departments and Authorities, and has proved to be the cause of considerable discontent amongst employees themselves.

Accordingly, the Government has authorized the Board to act as the co-ordinating medium in order to ensure that claims by organizations for variations in rates of pay and conditions of employment might be dealt with on a uniform basis and in accordance with an established policy.

Many conferences have been held between representatives of State Government employing agencies and the B?ard an~ a hi~h degree of collaboratio~ has been established in the approach to. and solution of, mdustrml matters of common mterest.

LONG SERVICE LEAVE. Section 64 of the Public Service Act 1946 provides that every officer and employee

in the Public Service who has served for twenty years shall be entitled to be granted by the Board six months' long service l~ave with p~y in re~pect of that period of twenty years' service and three months' long service leave w1th pay m respect of each additional period of ten years' completed service.

The Section also provides that, where on account of age or ill-health an officer retires or the services of an employee are termi:~1at~d, that officer or employee may, by notice in writing to the Board, elect to take pay m heu of the whole or any part of such leave to which he is then entitled, and that, where an officer or employee entitled to such leave dies

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before or while taking such leave, the Board shall, to the extent that pay in lieu thereof has not already been granted to that officer or employee, grant pay in lieu of the whole or part of the leave not taken to the legal personal representative of the deceased officer or employee.

The Section makes a further provision that no such leave shall, except in such special cases as the Board approves, be granted during the period commencing with the passing of the Act and ending the 30th June, 1951: Provided that, if on account of age or ill-health an officer retires or the services of an employee are terminated during that period, the Board may grant such leave or pay in lieu thereof.

During the period covered by this Report, long service leave or pay in lieu thereof has been granted as follows :-

Long service leave granted to officers or employees on retirement 5 Pay in lieu of long service leave granted to officers and employees on

retirement 177 Pay in lieu of long service leave granted to the legal personal representa-

tives of deceased officers and employees : . 38 Long service leave granted in special cases . . 28

Total number of applications granted 248

TRANSFERRED RAILWAY OFFICERS. On the 27th November, 1946, a judgment by His Honour the Chief Justice in a test

action (Patton v. Attorney-General for the State of Victoria) held that the classification accorded certain officers by the Public Service Commissioner at the date of transfer from the Railways Department to the Public Service in 1939, under the provisions of the Public Service (Transfer of Officers) Act 1936, was null and void. The purported classification placed the officers in the first subdivision of the Fifth Class in the Clerical Division and did not have regard to the rates of salaries in the Railways being received by them immediately prior to their transfer to the Public Service.

Following the judgment, the Board in the cases of transferred officers who, immediately prior to their transfer to the Public Service, were receiving a railway salary exceeding £312 a year, and were receiving less than £436 a year on the day following the judgment, raised the salary of such officers to £436 a year as on and from the day following the judgment, viz., the 28th November, 1946, and these officers were later promoted to Class "C " Subdivision 2 on the 5th October, 1947, and to Class "C " Subdivision 3 on the 1st February, 1948. In the cases of transferred officers who were not receiving a rate in excess of £312 a year immediately prior to their transfer to the Public Service, and who had not received promotion to the Fourth Class, Clerical Division, under the provisions of the Public Service Act 1928, such officers will be promoted to Class "C " on the completion of twelve months' service in the seventh subdivision of Class " D ", provided that the Permanent Head certifies in each case that his service is satisfactory.

OBSERVATIONS ON REPORT OF MENTAL HOSPITALS INQUIRY COMMITTEE. The provisions of the Public Service Act and Regulations relative to the method

to be observed in the selection of persons and officers for appointment and promotion are designed to ensure-

(i) that, in the matter of selection for appointment to the Public Service, the claims of all persons desiring employment shall be considered on their merits and without fear or favour;

(ii) that the claims for promotion of officers already in the Public Service shall be dealt with on the basis of relative efficiency, and of other factors properly to be taken into consideration ;

(iii) that, in regard to the determination of claims for promotion, officers who are aggrieved shall have the right of appeal to the Board against decisions of Departments.

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Similarly, in the public interest, the Board was constituted the salary and wage fixing authority for persons_employed throughout Government Departments. The Board's functions are to assess a fair and equitable salary for all officers, having regard to the necessity of preserving a related and balanced system of salary determination throughout the Service generally, and to avoid wasteful expenditure which would result from actions of multiple salary and wage fixing authorities operating under conditions of open competition with each other.

In the circumstances, the Board views with great concern statements in a report­undated-published in 1948, of the "Mental Hospitals Inquiry Committee on the Departments of Mental Hygiene, its Hospitals, and its Administration".

The Committee stated that it was dismayed on "entering upon its inquiry" to find that the Department of Mental Hygiene was not vested with complete powers and authority independently of the Board to undertake its own work "subject always to the limits on expenditure set by Parliament in the Annual Appropriation Act ". Consistent with its initial approach to the inquiry, the Committee recommended, inter alia, that the staff of the Department should be transferred to a Board of three Commissioners.

Substantial reasons, indeed, should be advanced to justify a view that the principles outlined above which govern the Board's administration in regard to the staffing of Government Departments should have no application to a branch of a Department, viz., the Mental Hygiene Branch of the Department of Health, and that still another competitive wage :fixing and appointing authority should be established. Such reasons have not been disclosed in the Report.

An attempt has been made by the Committee in stressing the effect of staff shortage on the efficiency of Mental Institutions, to place the blame for such shortage on the Board. There is ample evidence to prove that the generally prevailing shortage of labour is due to economic factors outside the control of the Board and that, at the present time, the numerical strength of the staff would not be greater under the operation of a separate authority of three Commissioners as proposed by the Committee, unless unduly high competitive rates of pay had been prescribed and the general standard of persons given employment had been reduced. In actual fact, it was established by the Board in a recent investigation that, in this State, the rates of salaries for male attendants and female nursing staffs and the conditions of employment compare more than favourably with those in any other State.

The Committee found that the Board is "almost unbearably leisurely in its ways and appears to be unable to alter its routine to meet urgent demands". This conclusion was reached without any investigation of the Board's records and without any member or officer of the Board being heard by the Committee. The Board was at all times prepared to make its files and records available for inspection and to give evidence before the Committee. The Board has no hesitation in describing this finding of the Committee as completely irresponsible and not in accordance with the facts which were readily accessible to the Committee had it observed the elementary but basic procedure followed by any judicial committee of inquiry of hearing both sides to an issue before reaching any conclusion.

The Committee's Report-Appendix No. 2-under the heading " Staff Shortages and Delays" deals with the procedure adopted by the Board in the making of promotions and, insofar as it is calculated to convey the impression that this procedure in each series of promotions arising from a vacancy causes a shortage in the total personnel for periods­up to 50 weeks, the statement is a gross distortion. The Committee failed entirely to make any reference to the fact that, under a standing arrangement between the Director of Mental Hygiene and the Board, the Department is authorized to appoint immediately and place on duty nursing and attendant staff in replacement of vacancies as they occur; such appointments being later validated by the Board. Omission by the Committee of reference to this arrangement, which is actively availed of by the Department, is inexcusable. The Board, therefore, refutes the suggestion that the procedure adopted in making internal promotions of existing staff has the effect of reducing the strength of the total personnel during any period.

Removal from the jurisdiction of the Board of the Mental Hygiene Branch-an integral part of the Department of Health-and the establishment of a separate authority of three Commissioners as recommended by the Committee would be a retrograde step and

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not in the public interest. It is evident that, if there is justification for this step, there is similar justification for the removal of other sections of departmental activities, for example, Penal Establishments, Children's Welfare Branch, and State Sanatoria from the Board's jurisdiction.

Action as proposed would be a violation of the principles of sound public administration accepted throughout the British Empire and would lead to the disintegration in this State of a system of public service control by a single administrative authority. The multiplicity of Boards and Commissions operating independently in this State is already the subject of trenchant public criticism and the creation of yet another Board would only serve to aggravate the position.

Melbourne, 31st July, 1948.

D. D. PAINE, Chairman,

Public Service Board.

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APPENDIX " A."

SCALE OF SALARIES-ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL DIVISIONS. Statement showing the scale prescribed in the Third Schedule to the Public Service Act 1946, as varied

by the Board.

Class.

1

£ Al . . . . . . A . . . . . . B .. . . 592 c .. . . 449 D .. . . 286 E . . . . 143

Class.

1

£ Al . . . . . . A . . . . . . B2 . . . . 670 Bl . . .. 592 B . . . . 592 C2 . . .. 527 Cl . . .. 449 c . . .. 449 D . . .. 286 E . . .. 143

Class. 1

£ Al . . . . . . A . . . . . . Bl . . . . 748 B . . . . 670 C2 . . . . 592 Cl . . . . 527 c . . . . 449 D . . .. 286 E . . .. 143

Class. 1

£ Al . . . . . . A . . . . . . Bl . . . . 748 B . . .. 670 C2 . . .. 592 Cl . . . . 527 c . . . . 449 D . . .. 312 E . . .. 143

2

£ . . . .

618 475 312 156

Public Service Act 1946. THIRD ScHEDULE.

(Superseded on 1st February, 1947.)

Annual Salary of Each Subdivision of Each Class.

3 4 5 6

£ £ £ £ . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..

644 670 696 722 501 527 553 579 338 364 390 416 182 208 234 260

Publ,ic Service (Public Service Board) Regulations. THIRD ScHEDULE.

(With effect on the 1st February, 1947.)

Annual Salary of Each Subdivision of Each Class.

2 3 4 5 6

£ £ £ £ £ . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .

696 722 .. . . . . 618 644 670 696 722 618 644 . . .. . . 553 579 . . . . . . 475 501 527 553 579 475 501 . . . . . . 312 338 364 390 416 156 182 208 234 260

THIRD ScHEDULE.

(With effect on the 5th October, 1947.)

Annual Salary of Each Subdivision of Each Class.

2 3 4 5 6

£ £ £ £ £ .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .

774- 800 .. . . . . 696 722 .. . . . . 618 644 . . .. . . 553 579 . . .. . . 475 501 . . .. . . 312 338 364 390 416 156 182 208 234 260

THIRD ScHEDULE.

(With effect on the 16th May, 1948.)

Annual Salary of Eo.oh Subdivision of Each Class.

2 3 4 5 6

£ £ £ £ £ . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .

774 800 . . . . .. 696 722 . . . . . . 618 644 . . . . . . 553 579 . . .. . . 475 501 . . .. . . 325 338 364 390 416 156 182 234 260 286

Minimum. Maximum. 7

£ £ £ . . 1,040 1,520 . . 748 1,020 . . . . . . . . . . . .

436 . . . . .. . . . .

Minimum. Maximum. 7

£ £ £ . . 1,040 1,520 . . 761 1,020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

436 . . . . . . . . . .

Minimum. Maximum. 7

£ £ £ . . 1,050 1,520 . . 850 1,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

436 . . . . . . . . . .

Minimum. Maximum. 7

£ £ £ . . 1,050 1,750 . . 850 1,000 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

436 . . . . . . . . . .

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APPENDIX " B."

CLAIMS BY APPROVED ASSOCIATIONS.

Approved Associations. Nature of Claim.

Victorian Public Service 1. Reclassi.fication~Court Reporters, Department of Law Association

2. Revision of Salaries-Technical and General Division 3. Revision of Salaries-Medical Officers, Departments of Chief

Secretary and Health 4. Revision of Salaries--Dairy Produce Inspectors, Department

of Agriculture 5. Revision of Salaries-District Health Inspectors and Health

Inspectors, Department of Health 6. Revision of Salaries-Inspectors, Stamp Duties Office, De­

partment of Treasurer 7. Re~vision of Salaries-Attendance Officers, Department of

Public Instruction 8. Revision of Salaries~Dairy Supervisors, Department of Agri­

culture 9. Reclassification--Government Shorthand Writers Branch, De­

partment of Chief Secretary 10. Revision of Salaries-Apprenticeship Supervisors, Depart­

ment of Labour 11. Revision of Salaries-Dental Officers, Department of Health 12. Payment of overtime and stand-by allowances to Field staff­

Department of State Forests 13. Revision of Salaries-Chemists, Departments of Chief Sec­

retary, Mines, Health, and Agriculture 14. Revision of Salaries~~Inspectors of Factories and Shops, De­

partment of Labour 15. Revision of Salaries-Geologists, Department of Mines 16. Revision of Salaries-Inspectors of Boilers, Department of

Mines 17. Revision of Salaries~ Professional Officers, Public Library

Branch, Department of Chief Secretary 18. Revision of Salaries~Professional Officers, Museum and

National Gallery Branches, Department of Chief Secretary 19. Revision of Salaries--Psychologists, Department of Health

20. Revision of Salaries (Marginal Increases)-Officers of Ad­ministrative and Professional Divisions

21. Revision of Salaries-Engineers, Surveyors, and Inspectors, Department of Health

22. Revision of Salaries-Valuers, Taxation Branch, Department of Treasurer

23. Revision of Salaries-Professional Officers, Department of State Forests

24. Reclassification-Supervising Inspector of Explosives, De­partment of Chief Secretary

25. Revision of Salaries-Senior Attendants and Attendants, Public Library, Department of Chief Secretary

26. Revision of Salaries, Inspectors of Lifts, Department of Labour 27. Revision of Salaries (Marginal Increases)-Officers of Technical

and General Division 28. Revision of penalty rates for night shift and week-end duty

and conditions of employment generally-Officers of Technical and General Division, Penal and Gaols Branch, Department of Chief Secretary

29. Incremental progression~Officers of the Technical and General Division who have been appointed to the Admin­istrative or the Professional Divisions

30. System of recruitment to the Administrative and Professional Divisions

31. Provision of quarters, without charge, for Officers of the Penal and Gaols Branch, Department of Chief Secretary, when required to reside on the premises

32. Payment of overtime and stand-by allowances--Head Water Bailiffs, Senior Water Bailiffs, and Water Bailiffs, Depart­ment of Water Supply

33. Re\'.ision of Salaries~Rental Officers, Office of the Housing Commission, Department of Treasurer

34. Revision of Salaries-Officers and employees, Ports and Harbors Branch, Department of Public Works

Date Received by Board.

6.12.1946

11.12.1946 12.3.1947

7.5.1947

7.5.1947

7.5.1947

7.5.1947

7.5.1947

7.5.1947

7.5.1947

21.5.1947 30.5.1947

3.6.1947

3.7.1947

4.7.1947 4.7.1947

12.7.1947

12.7.1947

22.7.1947

23.7.1947

24.7.1947

24.7.1947

24.7.1947

24.7.1947

22.8.1947

22.8.1947 30.9.1947

26.11.1947

3.3.1948

3.3.1948

16.3.1948

15.4.1948

20.5.1948

27.5.1948

Approved Associations.

Hospital Federation tralasia

Employees' of Aus-

Printing Industry Em­ployees' Union of Aus­tralia

10612/48.-2

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APPENDIX '" B "-continued. CLAIMS BY APPROVED AssoCIATIONS-eonlinued.

Nature of Claim.

35. Revision of Salaries-Officers in the Technical and General Division, and employees, Mental Hygiene Branch, De­partment of Health

36. Revision of Salaries-Officers in the Technical and General Division, and employees, Mental Hygiene Branch, De­partment of Health

37. Salaries, Wages, and conditions of employment-Officers and employees, Government Printing Office

Date Received by Board.

26.11.1946

2.2.1948

22.9.1947

Department.

Chief Secretary

Chief Secretary Chief Secretary

Public Works

Health (Mental Hy­giene)

Water Supply

Lands and Survey .. Chief Secretary .. Public Works ..

Law

Health (Mental Hy­giene)

Treasurer ..

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APPENDIX " C."

CHARGES REE'ERRED TO THE BOARD.

Designation of Officer.

Penal Warder

Clerk . . . . Inspector, State Ac­

cident Insurance Office

Senior Inspector of Works

Hall Porter

Inspector

Draughtsman Warder .. Draughtsman

Offence.

Negligence in the discharge of his duties in allowing three prisoners to escape

Incivility to his superior officers Being absent without leave ..

Misconduct and/or disgraceful and/or improper conduct

(i) Failed to report for duty .. (ii) Being under the influence

of alcohol Being absent without leave ..

Being absent without leave .. Being absent without leave .. Being absent without leave ..

Decision of Board.

E'ined £10

Fined £15 *

Not proved

Not proved Salary reduced from £292 a

year to £266 a year Dismissed from the Public Ser­

VICe

* * Dismissed from the Public Ser-

vice Clerk Being absent without leave . . Dismissed from the Public Ser-

]'arm Manager Incompetency

Clerk Being absent without leave ..

VICe

Not proved

Reduced from Class " C " to Class "D "

• As srupended officer resigned hefore hearing, the charge was not J>roceeded with.

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APPENDIX " D."

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND SALARIES AND WAGES PAID AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 20 OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1946.

At 3oth June, 1945. I At 3oth June, 1946. At 3oth June, 194,7. At 30th June, 1948.

Department. Salaries and Salaries and ] Salaries and Salaries and Number. Wages Paid Number. Wages Paid . Wages Paid Number. Wages Paid

for Financial for l<'lnanclal Number. for Financial for Financial Year 1944-45. Year 1945-45. Year 1946--47. Year 1947-48.

PREMIER. £ £ £ £

Officers . . .. . . 113 40,601 115 44,591 126 55,234 121 64,601 Employees .. .. .. 78 15,989 75 19,843 67 19,921 74 21,297

191 56,590 190 64,434 193 75,155 195 85,898

CHIEF SECRETARY.

Officers . . .. . . 680 186,798 669 208,715 672 248,590 705 294,452 Employees .. . . .. 361 77,327 366 101,643 349 88,685 376 116,614

1,041 264,125 1,035 310,358 1,021 337,275 1,081 411,066

I

TREASURER.

Officers .. .. . . 601 154,671 540 164,915 638 194,982 631 260,721 Employees .. .. . . 431 100,878 504 118,033 488 164,192 501 149,534

1,032 255,549 1,044 282,948 1,126 359,174 1,132 410,255

EDUCATION.

Officers .. .. . . 112 29,067 108 32,693 117 43,662 115 51,039 Employees .. . . .. 125 19,756 139 23,998 311 58,346 309 76,428

237 48,823 247 56,691 428 102,008 424 467 !~----------!-·

LAW.

Officers . . .. . . 464 150,913 455 Hi8,571 453 204,272 460 237,316 Employees .. .. . . 109 39,735 107 44,719 88 20,535 115 28,950

573 190,648 562 213,290 541 224,807 575 266,266

LANDS AND SURVEY.

Officers . . .. .. 438 129,507 424 142,312 419 151,496 429 203,437 Employees •. .. .. 186 49,591 205 63,238 175 58,502 162 57,143

624 179,098 629 205,550 594 209,998 591 260,580

PUBLIC WORKS. £ £ £ £

Officers .. .. . . 222 67,380 231 76,654 262 105,292 260 108,017 Employees .. .. . . 166 53,674 207 61,101 212 89,552 231 103,720

388 121,054 438 137,755 474 194,844 491 211,737

MINES.

Officers . . . . .. 53 19,485 56 20,841 55 27,235 56 31,960 Employees .. .. . . 23 6,432 21 6,376 23 6,546 19 6,262

I 76 I 25,917 77 27,217 78 33,781 75 38,222

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APPENDIX " D "-continued.

At 30th June, 1945. At 30th June, 1946. 1

At 30th June, 194 7. I At 30th June, 1948.

Department. i ttf'~. ' '""""'.... ! '""""' "" I Salaries and

Wages Paid Wages Paid • W es Paid Number. ~~r;] Number. for Financial Number. for Flnanclai Number. for"Jinanclal

_; Year 1945-46. Year 1946--47. Year 1947--48.

I ! I HEALTH. £ £ £ £

Officers . . . . .. 95 4:2,865 102 47,707 121 58,451 14:5 80,64:3 Employees .. . . .. 242 49,720 312 69,563 346 91,806 411 107,34:8

337 92,585 I 414 117,270 467 150,257 556 187,991

HEALTH (MENTAL HYGIENE).

Officers . . .. . . 1,096 287,827 1,025 291,213 974 318,908 970 360,785 Employees .. .. . . 472 86,678 424 90,631 522 107,618 I 532 131,179

1,568 374,505 1,449 381,844 1,496 426,526 1,502 491,964

AGlUCULTURE.

Officers . . . . .. I 294 108,376 I 308 129,524 375 164,370 403 208,701 Employees .. .. . . 557 154,073 . 535 162,598 244 168,293 274 93,895

851 262,449 843 292,122 619 332,663 677 302,596

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LABOUR,

Officers . . .. .. !

112 31,395 Ill 34,814 128 40,687 131 55,697 Employt>es .. .. . . 30 6,073 1 26 5,994 i 26 5,649 22 5,378

142 37,468 137 40,808 154 46,336 153 I 61,075

STATE FoRESTs.

Officers . . . . .. 209 76,723 209 79,452 227 97,600 241 114,217 Employees .• . . .. 250 60,505 255 64,863 135 28,538 ! 131 34,111

459 137,228 464 144,315 362 126,138 372 148,328

WATER SUPPLY.

Officers .. . . . . 511 161,778 520 187,947 611 247,743 669 311,979 Employees •• .. . . 391 112,746 439 126,963 410 129,819 417 I 142,742

:

902 274,524 959 314,910 1,021 377,562 1,086 I 454,721

I :

TOTALS.

Officers . . .. . . 5,000 1,487,386 4,873 1,629,949 5,178 ! 1,958,522 5,336 2,383,565 Employees .• .. . . 3,421 833,177 3,615 959,563 3,396 1,038,002 3,574 1,074,601

I* 2,320,563 8,488t 2,589,512 8,574 2,996,524 8,910 3,458,166

• Includes 1,235 officel!l and employees absent on Defence duty and 106 on loan to the Commonwealth. t Includes 325 officers and employees absent on defence duty and 44 on loan to t.he Commonwealth Government.

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APPENDIX "E."

STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PERMANENT OFFICERS EMPLOYED ON 30TH JUNE, 1948, AND THE ACTUAL NET EXPENDITURE ON SALARIES DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR, 1947-48.

l!'lrst Administrative Technical and General Total. Division. Division. Division.

Department. Amount Amount Amount Amount

of of of Of Salaries. Salaries. Salaries. Salaries.

£ £ £ £ £

Premier .. .. 1 1,557 97 53,851 1 884 22 8,309 121 64,601 Chief Secretary .. 1 1,554 220 98,528 66 36,325 418 158,045 705 294,452 Treasurer .. 1 1,736 196 92,874 21 14,011 413 152,100 631 260,721 Education .. 1 1,677 80. 35,908 1 539 33 12,915 115 51,039 Law . . .. I 1,557 197 I 96,505 204 119,763 58 19,491 460 237,316 Lands and Survey 1 1,677 188 95,507 90 45,566 150 60,687 429 203,437 Public Works .. 1 1,557 43 19,256 130 70,784 86 16,420 260 108,017 Mines . . .. 1 1,356 12 6,813 34 19,916 9 3,875 56 31,960 Health .. . . 1 1,497 67 31,606 96 74,262 951 334,063 1,115 441,428 Agriculture .. 1 ! 1,497 75 36,507 132 84,520 195 86,177 403 208,701 Labour .. . . 1 1,357 39 16,406 1 728 90 37,206 131 55,697 State Forests . . . . .. 31 17,759 136 70,753 74 25,705 241 114,217 Water Supply . . . . ..

i 130 61,724 236 132,449 303 117,806 669 311,979

- -Totals .. I 11 17,022 ! 1,375 663,244 1,148 670,500 2,802 1,032,799 5,336 2,383,565

i i

APPENDIX "F."

STATEMENT SHOWING, AS AT THE 30rH JUNE, 1948, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON THE TEMPORARY STAFF UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1946, AND THE ACTUAL NET EXPENDITURE ON SALARIES AND WAGES DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR, 1947-48.

Premier Chief Secretary Treasurer Education Law Lands and Survey Public Works ~1ines Health Mental Hygiene Agriculture .. Labour State Forests Water Supply

Totals

Department. Number Employefl.

74 376 501 309 115 162 231 19

411 532 274

22 131 417

3,574

--~----- -------~····--.. ·---

Amount. of Salaries During the Firu>nclal

year, 1947-48.

£

21,297 116,614 149,534

76,428 28,950 57,143

103,720 6,262

107,348 131,179 93,895 5,378

34,111 142,742

1,074,601

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APPENDIX " G."

STATEi\IENT SHOWING NUMBER OF MALES AND FEMALES (PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY STAFFS) EMPLOYED UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, ON THE 30TH JUNE, 1948.

Number of Males. I Number of Females. :Uepa.rtment.

Permanent Staff. I Temporary Staff. : Total. I Permanent Staff. Temporary Staff. Total.

Premier .. 109 Chief Secretary 601 Treasurer .. 541 Education .. 104 Law .. 444 Lands and

Survey .. 411 Pub lie Works 24.9 Mines . . 56 Health .. lOO Mental

Hygit'ne .. 674 Agriculture .. 385 Labour .. 112 State Forests 234 Watt'r Supply 656

Total~> .. 4,676

Totals­Permanent-­

Males Females

Temporary­Males Females

31 163 316

78 59

120 183

15 131

277 209

6 58

333

1,979

140 12 764 104 857 90 182 11 503 16

531 18 432 11

71 .. 231 45

H51 296 594 18 118 19 292 7 989 13

6,655 660

APPENDIX " H."

43 213 185 231

56

42 48 4

280

255 65 16 73 84

1,595

55 317 275 242 72

60 59 4

325

551 83 35 80 97

2,255

4,676 660

1,979 1,595

5,336

3,574

8,910

STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN EACH CLASS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL DIVISIONS OF THE PT.JBLIC SERVICE, AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1948.

I

Admln!stratiYe lliYision. Professional Division.

Department.

Al. Total. A. Bl. I B. C2. Cl. !j C. D. K Total. Al. I A. Bl. B. 1: C2. Cl. C. D. i E.

----------------l--l---·l----11-----l--------l--l---l----l--- ---:1-------1----

l~ I ~ 1 ~i 1~ ~~ ~~ ~~ 2~~ · i ! · 6 · 2 i3 · 6 1 i2 is · 4 6~ Premier . . . . Chlef Secretary •. Treasurer . . . . Education . . . . Law .. .. Lands and Survey ..

2 1 2

Public Works . . I .. Mines . . . . . . Health . . • . Health (Mental Hygiene) .. Agriculture • . . . Labour . . . . State Forests .. Water Supply ... i. 1

Total 6

I 2 4 2 2 4

I 2 1 3 4

7 • 25 13 56 47 36 196 . . 1 2 2 11 2 3 . . . . 21 3 3 7 6 15 19 25 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 3 3 22 6 31 71 59 197 20 20 16 9 16 38 58 8 19 204 5 5 18 9 52 62 33 188 . . 4 6 8 11 8 14 ll 28 90 4 1 1 4 4 6 1 11 4.3 2 10 2 s 14 21 37 20 10 130 I . . 1 . . 5 4 l 12 . . 1 . . 2 5 9 17 . . . . 34 4 . . . . 1 9 6 9 29 14 11 8 7 I 5 5 7 . . 58 2 2 4 4 8 8 9 3!! 9 8 12 1 . . . . 5 3 . . 38

. . 5 7 6 19 16 20 75 7 8 11 23 21 38 18 5 1 132

. . 2 6 1 11 9 9 39 . . . . . • 1 . . . • . . . . 1 5 1 3 1 4 8 6 31 . . 1 8 7 15 17 33 32 23 136 6 2 i6 11 I 30 30 30 130 7 23 19 19 i 26 23 43 48 28 236

26 59 42 i13S I 83 1329 ,358 i' 1,375 i 60 l-9-2-il--90- 89 11' 1246 Ti52i-113+1-,I-48-

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APPENDIX "I."

Particulars of declarations made under paragraph (l) of sub-section (l) of Section 4 of the Public Ser'Vioe Aot 1946 by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Board that the provisions of the Public Service Act shall not apply to the undermentioned officers or employees or classes of officers or employees :~

Department.

Premier

Chief Secretary

Treasurer

EducAtion

Law

Officers or Employees or Classes of Officers or Employees.

Wllllam Charles Kennedy Little, Shire Secret.ary and Engineer, Shire or Shepparton, and David Reid, Shire Secretary, Shire of Oxley, employed temporarily Ill! Secretaries, Goulburn Regional Committee and Upper Murray Regional Committee, respectively, Central Planning Authority at the ratkl of pay of .£150 a year each.

Leslle Lowes Smith, as Secret.ary (part·tlme), Loddon Regional Committee, and Kelth Lovett, as Secretary (part-time), Mallee Regional Committee, Central Planning Authority, at the rate of pay of £150 a year each

Eric Clements Bates and Leslie Cli!ford Smith, emploved temporarily as Secretary (part· time), Upper Oou!burn Regional Committee and Secretary (Jlart·tlme), Olenelg Rej~ional Committee, respectively, Central Planning Authority, at the rate of pay of £150 a year each.

Ronald F. MacGugan, employed temporarily as Secretary, Central Highlands Regional Committee, Cent.ral Planning Authority, at the rate of pay of £150 a year

Patrick J. Sinnott, emplored temporarily as Serretary (part·time), Corangamlte lteglonal Committee, Central Planning Authority, at the rate of pay of £150 a year

Frank Maxwell Kelly, employed temt>orarlly as Se<:retary, Wlmmera Regional Committee, Central Planning Authority, at the rate of pay of £150 a year

Eric Frank Taylor and John Ryan Ray, employed temporarily aa Secretary (part-time) Gippsland Regional Committee and Secretary, (part-time), East Gippsland Rklgional Committee, respectively, Central Planning Authority, at the rate of pay of £150 a year each.

Period of Exemption.

i Not exc-eeding two years from and Inclusive of the 1st December, 1946

Not exceeding two years from the 1st .Tune, 1947

Not exceeding twclYe months from the l~t July, 1947

Not exceeding two years from lst August, 194i

Not execcding two ~·ears from 18th August, 1947

Not exceeding two years from the 17th November, 194 7

Not exceeding two years from the 1st AJ>rll, 1948

Sixteen Attendants (Female) (part·time), Children's Welfare Branch, at the rate of pay From the 1st .htly, 1947, to 30th of 2s. an hour each June, 1948

Kenneth Frederick Pile, employed temporarily Ill! an Assistant Taxidermist, National From the 31st March, 1947, t<> the Museums Braneh, at the rate of pay of £260 a year 13th April, 1947

Harold McKelvle, employed temporarily as a Chemist and Inspector (part-time), Explosives Not exceeding six months from the Branch, at the ratkl of pay of £26 a year 16th October, 1947

Alexandria Helen Gale, employed temporarily as a Rkllieving Medi~-lil Officer (part-time), Not exceeding three months from . Children's Welfare Branch, at the rate of pay of £12 12s. a week gross 26th January, 1948

Zoe Denlse Proud, employed temporarlly as a Social Worker (Female), Children's Welfare From the 31st March, 1948, to the Branch, at the rate of pay of £286 a year 15th April, 1948

'fhe undermentioned position, N at!onal Gallery Branch, at the rates of pay set forth (which shall not be varied without the authority of the Public Service Board)

PoBitwn. Head of the National Gallery Schools

Drawing Instructor

Alll!lstant Instructor

R.o.u of Po.y. £600 a year gross (with the right of private

practice) £500' a year gross (with the right of private

practice) £400 a year gross (with the right of private

practice) }

From the 12th April, 1948, to the 30th June, 1949

Mrs. Glllian Eve Whelan, employed temporarily as a Female Shorthand Writer and Typist 1<'rom the 16th October, 1946, to (part·tlme), Materials Procurement Directorate, at the rate of pay of £2 10s. a week. 23rd November, 1946

Bernard Richard Carsou, employed temporarily as Co-ordinator of the )Iildura University .l!'rom the 3rd November, 1946, to Project (part-time), at the rate of £105 a year the 31st· March, 1947

Two positions of St<>reman and Twelve positions of Labourer, l\faterials Procurement From the 9th October, 1946, to the Directorate St<>re, at Award rates of pay 31st December, 1946

Position. Full time domestle staff

Part-time Adult Domestic Staff

.l!'cmale Attendant in the Cafeteria

Rat~ of Pay. Rates In accordance with determinatlons of

t.he Boarding School lCmployees Board

2s. an hour

Rate in accordance with determination of the Canteen Workel'll Board.

Two Male Cleaners of L(•cture Rooms, &c Rates in accordance with the determination of the Char Workers Board From the 1st January, Hl4 i, to

L. W. P. Partridge (Handyman, part· £3 14s. 6d. a week following variation In time) Basic Wage with cost of llvlng adjustments

thereaftklr, lelll! £1 a week for Board and lodging

P. Crawford (Handyman, part·time)

F. G. Hall (Part-time cleaner) ..

2s. an hour

£1 a week

Two Casuals (Female) for laundry and Char Workers Wages Board ltates light work on one or two days per week

One Domestic and one Cook employed Boarding School Employees Wages Board full time during the period Rates examinations are held

One Female Caretaker employed during Caretakers Wages Board ltates vacations

the 31st Dec-ember, 194 7.

l From the 1st J annary, 1948, to tbe 31st December, 1948

J Gardener's I.abourer (part-tlme-20 hours a week), lliurrayvllle Consolidated School, From the 8th Fehruary, 1948, to the

at the hourly rate of pay ftxed by the Garden Employees Wages Board, Classification !Hst December. 1948 Clause 2 (b) (2) Gardeners Labourers

Lewls James Raynolds, employed temporarily as an Attendant, City Morgue, at the rate From the 3rd .January, 1947, to the o! pay of £260 a year;- 17th January, 1947

The persons as follows employed temporarily as Draughtsmen, Survey Branch, Office of Titles, at the rate of pay of £143 a year each

Quintan, Patrick

Davies, Peter .l!'rancis

From the I ith Februa.ry, 1948, to 15th March, 1948

From the 1st March, 1948, to 15th Mareh, Hl48

Department.

J,ands and Survey

l'uhlic Works ••

Mines ..

Health ••

24

APPENDIX " I "-conttnued.

Officer or Employees or Classes of Officers or Employees.

Office Cleaner, Land Office, Sak, at the rate of pay of £2 5s. a month

T~~Jti':~~s as follows, employed temfJOrarlly as Draughtsmen, at the rates of pay set

Sam,e. 1\lcLaren, Albert ..

Deacon, Norman Reginald ..

Rote of Pa1f. £208 a year

£156 a year

Persons employed on works, undertaken by the Department, as Labourers, Skilled I.abourers, Artisans, Leadin!( Bands, Gangers, Overseers, Foremen, Clerks of Works, Timekeepers, Tally Clerks, Storemen, Watchmen, Yardsmen, Horse-drivers, Drivers or ~;~: transport and mechankal plant, Survey field Assistant and Survey hands and

Mrs. Mary Alice Burke, and };velyn May Wallace, employed temporarily as Office Cleaners (part-time), Public Offic<?4l, Ballarat, at the rate of pay fixed by the Char Workers Wages Board

Office Cleaner, Public Offices, Wangaratta, at the rate of pay fixed by the Char Workers Wages Board

One architectural student from the Swinburne Technical College, employed temporarily in the Architectural Branch, at the rate of pay of 12s. a day

Basil Maxwell Crowley and George Evelyn Campbell, employed temporarily as Draughts· men, at the rate of pay of £208 a year each

Barold Claude Bodder, employed temporarily as a Materials Procurement Officer, at the rate of pay of £424 a year

and at £449 a yenr ·

Position-. Rat.e of Pap.

Period of Exemption.

b'rom the 1st January, 1947

From the 23rd February. 1948, to 15th March, 1948

From 1st March, 1948, to 15th March, 1948

From the 1st January, 1947, to the 30th June, 194 7, and from 1st July, 1947, to 30th June, 1948

]'rom the 1st July, 1947, to the 30th June, 1948

From the 1st July, 1947, to the 30th June, 1948

Not exceeding three months from the 17th December, 1947

From the 8th March, 1948, to the 15th March, 1948

]'rom the 25th March, 1947, to the 31st January, 1941'1.

From the Jst February, 1948, to the 13th April, 1948

Battery Mechanics Battery Foreman . . . . Battery Foreman and Cyaniders Battery Assistants L .. Battery Labourers f Caretaker, Kong Meng Mine

. . l7s. 9d. a day l9LM.adQ 1 . . 18s. 9d. a day

Not to exceed rate prevailing In district for similar work

Dump, £6 a year 1\lajorca

Pers<Y/!8 employed on Drilling Plants.

To be paid the basic wage as fixed from time to time by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitratioll, plus additional weekly rates as set out hereunder

" Vi~t~oria Drilling Plants."

Foreman .. Sub-Foreman Drill AMistants

.4.drlitional lV eekly Rate Additional Weekly Rate Day Shift. il.ftemoon and Night ShifU!.

£2 7s. 4d. £1 6s. 9d. 18s.

£2 17s. 4d. £1 15s. lld. £1 6s. lld.

Oommonwealtll G01•ernment Deep Drilling Plant.

Shift Foreman Boiler Attendants Leading Bands Labourers (skilled)

Battery Mechanics

Battery J,abourers

il.dditional lV etkly Rate.

£3 £2 £1 12s £1 6s.

Rate of Pay.

19s. Qd. a day 1 is. Od. a day

. . 18s. 9d. a day !'iot to exceed rate prevailing in district for

similar work

Battery Foreman . , .. Battery Foreman and C~·aniders Battery Assistants }

Caretaker, Kong .IIIeng Mina Dump, £6 a year

Person• EmplO'IJed on Drilli11g Plams.

To be P.•id the basic wage as fixed from time to time by the Commonwealth Court of Conclliation and Arbitration, plus additional weekly rates as set out hereunder.

Foreman .. Sub·Foretnan Drill Assistants

" l'irtoria Drilling Plants."

Atlrlitional lV eekly Rate Day Shift. £3 3s. 6d. £2 ls. £1 12s. 3d.

il.dditional Weekly Rate Afternoon, afl.d Niyht SMf!s.

£3 168. £2 12s. 5d. £2 Js.

Persons employed temporarily in State Sanatoria as Senior Nurse Assistants, Nurse Assistants, 2nd Assistant Cooks and Housemaids, Kitchenmen, Kltchenmalds, Laundry· men, Laundresses, Assistant Laundresses and Housemaids, Seamstresses and Housemaids, Maids, Orderlies, Wardsmen and General Hands, at rates fixed by the Public Service Board provtdea that no such person shall be so employed continuously for any period in excess of twenty·one days

Waiter E. Williams, employed temporarily in the General Health Branch at Tuberculosis Bureau at the rate of pay of £3 3s. a session (not exceeding 48 a year) and £5 5s. a visit (not exceeding 33 a year) to the three State Sanatoria

Cleaner, Public Health Offices, Geelong, General Health Branch, at the rate of pay of 13s. 6d, a week

Gl<UJs of Person.

Surgeons (6) Anaesthetists (6) Nurses (4) .. .. Theatre Attenuant (1)

Rate of Pay.

£5 5s.-a session £4 4s.-a session £5 14s.-a week £3 3s.-a week

Ellis lt'orbcs MacKenzie, employed ternporaril;v as a Health Ollicer, G~ll('l'(>i He~lth Branch, at the rate of pay of £850 a year

From the 1st July, 194i, to the 30th June, 11148

From the 1st July, 1948, to the 30th June, 1949

From the 13th ~'ebruary, 1947, to 31st December, 1947, and from the 1st January, 1948, to the 31st December, 1948

Not exceeding twelve months from the 1st January, 1 U4 7

For a period of twelve montbti from the 1st January, 1947

I ?-From the 1st July, I 3oth June, 1948 j

1947, to the

From the 1st July, 1947, to the 19th NoveiJlber, 1947

Department.

Health-contin!led

Agrieulture

State Forests

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APPENDIX " I "--continued.

Officer or Employees or Classes of Officers or Employees.

John Wllllam Hugh Merry, employed temporarily as an Assistant Clinical Tubermllosis Officer, General Health Branch, at the rate of pay of £950 a year

Harry Akeroyd, employed temporarily as a Dentist (part-time), General Health Branch, at the rate of pay of £350 a year

Ernest SebasUan Callanan, employed temporarily as a School Dental Officer, Maternal and Child Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £588 a year

Kevin Brennan, employed temporarily as a Dlstrkt Health Officer (part-tlm~). fleneral Health Branch, 3 days a week at the rate of pay of £400 a year

The persons, as follows, employed temporarily as Physiotherapists, General Health Branch at the rates of pay set forth :-

Nmne.

Thompson, Barbara June

Bennett, Ruth lsabel .. £:l

Rate of Pay. £6 14s. 2d. a week

7s. 1 d. a week (Half-time)

Lesl!c An~s Purnell, employed temporarily as an Instructor in Carpentry, Gresswell Sanatormm, at the rate of pay of 20s. a session, two stl!S!ons a w"ek.

Willlam Clayton Thollllls. employed temporarily as a Scientific Officer (Chemist), General Health Branch. at. the rate of pay of £475 a year

Six persons employed temporarily in connexfon with the control of grasshoppers in the Northern districts of Victoria at the rate of pay ruling in the districts

Persons employed temporarily as Foremen. Artisans and Labourers, Toolangi Potat<:l Experiment Farm, at, the rates of pay ruling In the district

Inspe~·tor of Fruit, Albury-Wodonga Crossing Inspector of Fruit, Mt. Gambler {South Australia)

I nspeetors of Stoc.k-Apsley Barmah Cobram Delegate Gelantlpy Oonn Oooramadda Jlngelllc Koondrook . . . . Mt. Gambler (South Au.stralia) .Plnnaroo (South Australia) Renmark (Sonth Australia) Rockton Swan Hill Tlntaldra Toeumwal Tooleybuc Towong Wahgunyah Wangrabil!e Wymah Yarrawonga

Rate of Pay a Year.

£ 75 35

10 5

15 15 15 15 25 15 15 65 12 10 5

20 20

lOO

" 20 20 10 10 52

Arthur ldris E!lis, employed temporarily as an Assistant Works Manager, Cool Ptores, at t.he rate of pay ol £527 a year

Richard Robert Tout and Thomas Andrew O'Halloran, employed as Forest Officers at Benam bra and Walwa, respec-tively at. the rate ol pay of £10 a year each

Two positions of Mechanic, Fuel Branch, one at the rate fixed by the r:nl'tlneers and Brassworkers (skilled) Wages Board, and one ut the rate fixed by sneh Wag"s Board plus a margin of lls. a week

Andrew ltowlau I.atb, employed temporarily as a Forest Offit·cr at the rate of pay of £10 a year

Forat 0/jire'l'$-

N. A. Vlu.mt. Murrayville -~·. Marsh, Hopetoun C. L. l!arshall, Sea I,ake A. R. T,att'!:, Wycheproof I .. Savige, Yallourn R. R. Tout,_ Benambra C. Mackie, uasterton C. Brldson, lnverleigh

~- ~-- Wi\~\';n:s!;)~ydale J. R. Gray, Beulah 0. P. I>. l<'leischer, Foster R. L. D. Baddeley, Omeo 'r. A. O'Ballorsn. Walwa

Rate of PaJI a Year.

£ 15 10 10 10 10 10 20 10

5 10 10 10 10 10

(1) Persons employed on existing or new construction works and on mainteuauce or improvement work in forest,., plantations and nurseries, as foremen, overseers, leading hands, gangers. skilled labourers, horse-drivers, labourers, artisans, firemen, engine­drivers, time-keepers} storemen, yardmen, cooks, cooks' off-eiders, or carpent-ers, and as drivers and operators of motor trucks, tractors, graders and other mechani<'al plant.

(2) Persons employed on patrol duties.

(3) Per&ons employed on survey and asse88ment work as chainmen, levellers or labourera.

(4) Persons employed at the State SeMonlng Works as yardmen, ordermen, stacken;, firemen, kiln-operators, machinists, (]ockermen, machine-operators, leading hands or labourers

Period of Exemption.

I<'rom the 19th October, 194 7, to the 11th December, 1947

From the 5th July, 11)47, to the 3oth June, 1948

From the lst January, 1948, to the 3oth June, 1948

From the 2nd February, 1948, to th<' 31st December, 1948

From the 18th February, to 21st February. 1948, both dates inclusive.

From the 3rd November, 1947, to 21st February, 1948

From the lst January, 1948, to the 31st December, 1948

From the 27th April, 1948, to the 8th June, 1948

From the 19th December, 1946, t<:> the 30th March, 1947

From the 29th October, 1946, to the ;Joth J nne, 194 7

l

From the 29th October, 1946, to the 30th June, 1947, and from lst

1st July, 1947, to 30th June, 1948

Nor exceeding three months from the 2nd Jnne, 1948

From the 1st January, 1947, to the 30th June, 194 7

F'rom the lst January, 19471 to the 30th June, 1947, from the 1st July, 1947, to the ;31st December, 1947, and from the 1st January, 1948, to the 30th June, 1948

From the 28th February, 1947, to the 30th June, 1947

From the 1st July, 1947, to the 3oth June, 1\148

Department.

State Foreets-rominue<!

Water Supply ..

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APPENDIX " I "--continued.

Ollicer or Employees or Clasaes of Ollicers or Employees.

(5) Persons employed on the operating of forests tramways as drivers, firemen, brakemen, leading hands, labourers or greasers

(6) Persons employed In connexion with eucalyptus distillation as winch drivers, leading hands, firemen or labourers

(7) Persons employed on logging and oonverslon operations as engine-drivers, firemen, traetor-drivers, winch-drivers, horse-drivers, bush carpenters, fallers, landing builders or repairers, tallymen, measurers, ropemen, saw-sharpeners, sawyers, dockermen, pullers-out, handlemen, leading hands, skllled labourers or labourers

(8) Persons employed at the Creswlck Forestry School as oooks, laundresses or housemaids

Angus John Brown, employed temporarily as a Forest Officer, Warracknabeal, at the rate of pay of £26 a year

Austin Louis Tully, employed temporarily as a '"orest Officer, at the rate of pay of £15 a year

(1) Persons at any location, engaged under oonditlons of employment precr!bed by the undermentioned Awards, &c.

(a) Employees under Table "B" of the Agreement dated 18th )larch, 1946, between the Premier of the State of Victoria on behalf of certain Government Departments (Including the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission) and the Australian Workers Union wherever working

(h) All classes of employees engaged by the Commission, wherever working, and classlfted under any of the following awards and Det.erminations, viz :-

Building Trades of VIctoria, Carpenters and J olners, Federated Enj!ine Drivers and Firemen's Association, Metal Trades, Transport Workers Umon, Timber Workers Union, Bricklayers, Builders J,abourers, Carters and Drivers, Fuel and Fodder Workers, Painters, Plasterers, Plumbers, Storemen and Packers, Watrhmen

(:l) Persons at any location, engaged under conditions of employment, prescribed by the Commission In the following classillcatlons-

(a) Drlvers, Earth·movlng Machin Bulldozer Operatom, wheeled Tractors with Crene attachment Crawle Tract-ors, A uto•patrol (power Grader), Power Shovels, Fitter Mechanics, Gangers, Leading Hands, Patrolmen, Timekeepers, 'fransport Mechanics

(b) Student Engineers and Surveyors engaged during vacation at a rate of pay of 12s a day

(r.) Part-time employees wherever working under the following classifiea.tlons, the amount of pay In the case of any Individual person not to exceed £78 a year:-

Caretakers, Diversion officers, Gauge Readers, Turncocks, Office Cleaners and persons employed as Firemen and Engine Drivers on part time operated plants and pump and windmill Installations

(3) Persons engaged as Rangers for the currency of a watering season and persons engaged during an Irrigation season to replace Water Bailiffs who for any cause are absent from duty, at rates of pay to be !bed by t.he Board

(4) Chainmen wherever engaged on survey work, at rates of pay to be fixed by the Board

Nan!l!.

Ahern, J. J.

Buchanan, A. )<'.

Henderson, Elizabeth Emlly (Mrs.)

Posit !Am.

Rate Collector, Berwick, Bunylp, Garfteld, Longwarry and Pakenham

Rate Collector, Cranbourne

Telephonist (part-time)

Rate of Pap.

£156 a year

.S44 a year

£10 a year

WIIIIAm Howard Payne, employed temporarily as a Cadet Valuer, at the rate of pay of £286 a year

John Stuart Orr, employed temporarily as a Cadet Valuer, at the rate of pay of £364 a year

Period of Exemption.

]'rom tbe 1st July, 1114 7, to the 30th June, 1948

Not exceediniZ six months from the 26th May, 1948

From the 1st June, 1948, to the 3oth June, 1949

Six months from the 1st January, 1947, and from the 1st July, 194 7, to the 30th June 1948

}

From the 1st July, 1947, to the 30th June, 11148

From the 12th January, Hl48, to the 3rd February, 11148

From the 16th February, 1948, to the 14th March, 1948

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APPENDIX "J."

Particulars of employment which the Board has exempted from the provisions of Section 38 of the Public Service Act 1946 pursuant to its powerR under sub-section (5) of Section 38 of such Act.

Department.

Premier

Chief Secretary

Treasurer

Education

Law

Mlues •.

Health

Particulars of Employment Exempted. Period of Exemption.

Employment of Alexander Barnes as a Tractor Driver, Soil Conservation Board. at the From the 18th March, 1947. to rate of pay ftxed by the Australian Workers Union Award of thr Commonwealt.h Court the 31st December, 1947 · of Conciliation and Arbitration

Employment, of A. Holmes as a Shovelman, Soil Conservation Board, at the rate of pay of £1i His. a week

Employment of P. K. Weymouth as an Assistant to Field Officers, Soli Conservation Board, at the rate of pay of 12s. a day

For a period not exceeding two months from the 9th July, 1947, and from the 9th September, 1947, to the 3oth June, 1948

For a period not exceeding three months from the 2nd Jannary, 1948

Emplo)'lllent of Richard Alan CDyle as a J..aboratory Attendant, at the rate of pay of For a period not exceeding one £286 a year week from the lllth May, 1947

Employment of Andrew Lambert Reld as a Laboratory Attendant at the rate of pay of £286 a year

Employment of Richard Alan Coyle and Geoffrey Nell Wllliams as Laboratory Aaaistants, Weights and Measures Branch, at the rate of pay of £286 a year each

Employm~nt of Kelth J ames Rodda as a Laboratory Aaaistant, Weights and Measures Branch, at the rate of pay of £286 a year

Employment of Robert Jackson as a Magazine Assistant, Explosives and Powder Maga­zines Branch, at the rate of pay of £291 a year

From the 2nd June, 1947, to the 8th June, 1947

For a period not exceeding one week from the 1st September, 1947

From the 1st December, 1947, to the 24th December, 1947

For a period not exceeding one week from the 1st December, 1947

Employment. of five Caretakers, at Bal!arat, West Sale, Nhill, Darley, and Rowvllle, From the 15th December, 1946, respectively, in the Materials Procurement Branch, at. the rate of pay of £5 10!!. a week to t.he 3oth June, 1947 each

Employment of two Storemen and twelve Labourers, Materials Procurement Directorate, From the 1st January, 1947, to at Award rates of pay the 31st December, 1947

Employment of staffs of the Building Permits and Materials Procurement Sections, at From the 1st February, 1947, to the rates of pay fixed by the Public Service Board the 31st December, 194 7

l1mployment of nine Caretakers, Materials Procurement Directorate, at the rate of pay l'rom the 1st July, 1947, to the of £5 10s. a week each 31st December, 1947

Employment of Carmel Fran<·es Kelly as a Shorthand Writer and Typist (Female), Building }"rom the 23rd October, 1947, to Permits Section, at the rate of pay of £104 a year the 31st December, 1947

Employment of (Mrs.) Josephlne Mary Mlddledltch as a Shorthand Writer and Typist l'rom the 14th November, 194 7, (Female), Bulldlng Directorate, at the rate of pay of £234 a year to the Slat December, 194 7

~Jmployment of Wllfred Kershaw as an Assistant Permits Oftlcer, Building Directorate, From the 26th November, 1947, at the rate of pay of £423 a year to the 31st December, 1947

Employment of Lorna Isabol Riddcll (Mrs.) as a Shorthand Writer and Typist (Female}, F'rom the 8th December, 1947, Building Directorate, at the rate of pay of £234 a year to the 31st December, 1947

Employment of Bruce Daw as an Assistant (Male), Building Permits Section, at the rate l<"rom the 12th December, 1947, of pay of £104 a year to the 31st December, 1947

Employment of Brlan Colliver Blake "" a Messenger, Materials Procurement Section, From the 11th December, 1947, at the rate of pay of £78 a year to the 31st December, 1947

The employment of three Caretakers, Materials Procurement Section, at the rate of pay From the ht January, 1948, to of £5 108. per week from lst January, 1948, to 28th April, 11148, and rate In accordance the 3oth June, 1948 with Determination of the Caretakers' Board, from 29th April, 1948, to 30th June, 1948

Employment of Adelina Eastwood Bedfoid as a Folder, Government Printing Oftlce, at From the 9th March, 1948. to the trade rates 15th March, 1948 ·

Employment of R. 1'. Clements as a Caretaker and Gardener, Ballarat Teachers• College, From the 25th December, 1946, at the rate of pay of £5 13s. 10<1. a week to the 3rd December, 1947

Employment of Keith Jenkins as a Gardener's T,abourer, Melbourne Teachers' College, From the 31st March, 1948, to for two days a week, at the rate fixed under the Garden Employees' Award the 31st December, 1948

J-:mployment of comptometrlsts engaged on totalling Individual pay cards to enable the From 1st July, 1948, to the 31st issue of taxation certificat.:s, at a charge or £12 12s. per thousand pay cards August, 1948

}~mpioyment of Lewis James Rcynolds as a Labourer, City Morgue, at the rate of pay From the 24th October, 1947, to of £~60 a year the 2l>tb October, 1947

Employment of Lewis J ames Reynolds as an Attendant, City Morgue, at the rate of pay · of £273 a year

From the 2nd January, 1948 (noon), to the 7th January, 1948, and from the 2nd Feb­ruary, 1948, to the 14th Feb­ruary, 1948

Employment of Caretakers, Mining Plants, at the rate of pay of Eighty shillings (80!!.) From the 1st July, 1947, to the a week 30th June, 1948, and from 1st

i~!~· 1948, to the 30th June,

Employment of Jean Rojo as a Sister, Gresswell SanatDrium, at the rate of pay of £305 From the 6th January, 194 7, to a year the Sth February, 1947

Employment of Dulcie Rainbird and Mardo Blegg as Nurse Assistants, Gresswell Sana­torium, at the rate of pay of £232 a year each, less £32 a year for bosrd and quartera

Employment of Joan Anderson as a Nurse Assistant, Heatherton Sanatorium, at the rate of pay of £232 a year

Employment of Alice Hirst as a Nurse Alillistant, Greenvale Sanatorium, at the rate of pay of £232 a year less £32 a year for board and quarters

Emplo~'lllent of T.orna 0. Fltzsimmons as a Nurse Aulstant, Oresswell Sanatorium, at the rate of pny of £232 a year less £32 a year for board and quarters

Employment of John Hynes as a Kitchenman, Gresswell Sanatorium, at the rate of pay of £305 a year, less £32 a year for board and quarters

ll1mployment of Betty Dean as a Wardsmald, Heatherton Sanatorium, at tne rate of pay of £219 a year, less £32 a year for board and quarters

From the 1st Janll&l'y, 1947, to the 12th Febrnary, 1947

li'rom the 13th January, 1947, to the 8th February, 1947

From the 17th January, 1947, to the 26th January, 194 7

From the 27th January, 1947, to the 12th February, 1947

From the 6th Janua.ry, 1947, to the 31st January, 1947

From the 9th January, 11147, to the 29th January, 1947

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Department.

Health-rontintted

Particulars of Employment Exempt<'!d. Period of Exemption.

l<)mrloyment of John Herbert Blackburn as a Medical Officer. Heatherton Sanatorium, From the 23rd February, 11147, a the rate of pay of £14 14s. a week to the 26th April, 194 7

Employment of Henry J. Barbour ll'l Resident Medical Officer (Relieving) at the Gress- l;'rom the 17th March, 1947, to well Sanatorium at the rat<'! of pay of £14 14s. a week the 13th April, 1947

The employment of the following persons, General Health Branch, In the capacities and at the rates of pay set forth, for the periods Indicated

Name. Position. Rate of Pay.

GREENVALE SANATORIUM.

McGettigen, Kathlecn Maid £198 a year (a)

Sullivan, Kathleen Maid £198 a year (a)

Talt, Ruth Nurse ASt!lstant £232 a year (a)

GRESSWl!lLL 8AN.I.TOR1UM.

Roper, Eric Orderly £279 a year (a)

Callaghan, Kathleen Sister £305 a year (a)

Walsh, Erica Maid £198 a year (a)

Guest, Kathleen Wardsmaid £219 a year (a)

Deverell, Frances Nurse AStlistant. £232 a year (a)

Flowers, Dora Nurs<'l Assistant £232 a yell<' (a)

From the 30th Aprll, 194 7, to the 26th August, 194 7

From t.he 20th July, 1947, to the 3rd September, 1947

From the 30th July, 1947, to the' 17th September, 1947

From the 11th June ,1947, to the 15th Angust, 194 7

From the 12th June, 1947, to the 15th September, 1947

From the 20th June, 1947, to the 13th July, 1947

From the 14th July, 1947, to the 19th August, 1947

From the 11th August, 1947, to the 6th September, 194 7

From the 13th Angust, 1947, to the 12th September, 1947

Employment. of Aliee Fuzzard ll'l a Maid (Part-time), General Health Branch, at the From the 1st January, 1947, to rate of pay of ls. 8 11/,.d. an hour the 31st December, 1947

The employment of the following persons, General Health Branch, In the capacities and at the rates of pay set forth, for the periods Indicated

Name.

Dixon, Elsie Olive

Holden, Elizabeth

Bowler, Brldget ••

Custerson, Phyllis Ann

Gibbs, Marie Ruth

Lesser, Zelma Adelaide

Fisher, fHadys Ivy (Mrs.)

Teague, John Frederick

Jones, Jirancis James

Lee, )fargaret

Luke, Mary

McJ.eod, Jean

Stephen, Pet<'lr

V allins, Phyllis

Ford, Dorothy

McDonald, Ituby •.

Do no hue, Uorothy

Yewers, lfargaret

Phlllipson, Della .•

Position. Bate of Pay.

HEATHERTON SANATORIUM.

Maid .. £198 a year (a)

Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Nurse Assistant .£232 a year (a)

Nurse Assistant. £232 a year (a)

Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Seamstr~ss and Houfltlmaid £237 a year (a)

Wardsman £279 a year (n)

Nursing Orderly £279 a year (a)

Shorthand Writer und £2:J4 a year (a) Typist (Female)

GREENVALE SANATORIUM.

Nurse Assistant

Sister .•

Assistant Cook •.

Nurse Assistant

Maid ..

War!lsmal<i

l!RE~SWELL SANATOIUJ:M.

Sister ••

Nnrse Assistant

Nurse Assistant

£232 a year (a)

£305 a year (a)

£332 a year (a)

£232 a year (a)

H98 a year (a)

£219 a year (a)

£305 a year (a)

£232 a year (a)

£232 a year (a)

From the 4th October, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947

From the 18th June ,1947, to the 31at December, 1947

From the 30th July, Hl47, to the 5th October, 194 7

From the lOth .June, 1947, to the 20th October, 1947

From the 6th September, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947

From the 8th September, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947

From the 30I.h July, 1947, to the 20th October, 194 7

From the 9th Oct<Jber, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947

From the 31st Angust, 194 7, to the 17th November, 1947

From the 9th October, 1114 i, tn the 28th October, 194 7

From the 19th October, 194 7, to the 23rd November, 1947

From the 16th December, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947

From the 29th November, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947

From the 13th .June, 194 7, to the 31st December, 1947

From the 16th September, 1947, to the 14th October, 1947

From the 16th September, 1947, to the 14th October, 194 7

From the 11th March, 1947, to the 6th September, 1947

From the 6th October, 1947, t ... the 13th November, 1947

From the 12th October, 1947, t.o the 7th November, 1947

.... --.. ·--·---'-----------------------__:.. ... ·---· -------·-(a) Less £32 a year for board and lodging.

Department.

Health-continu•tl

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APPENDIX "J "-continued.

Part.iculars of Employment Exempted.

The employment of the following persons, General Health Branch, in the capacities and at the rates of pay set forth, for the periods indicated

Name. Position. Rate of Pay.

GRESSWELL SANATORIUM-continued.

Tobin, Alice Gwen Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Partell, Mavis Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Ogilvle, Dorothy Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Barcham, Ian Nursing Orderly £279 a year (a)

Wheatley, Mervyn Wardsman £279 a year (a)

Gabbe, Garnet Nursing Orderly £279 a year (a)

Batty, M oily J. Wardsmald £219 a year (a)

Wlener, Saul Resident Medical Officer .. £16 16s. a week

Employment of (Mrs.) Lenna Myrtle Trllfett as a Typist (Female), General Health Branch, at the rate of pay of £221 a year

Employment of Shlrley Gundry aa a Nurse Assi•tant, General Health Branch, Greenvale Sanatorium, at the rate of pay of £232 a year, less deduction of £32 a year for board and lodging

The employment of the following persons, General Health Branch, Heatherton Sana· torium, in the capacities and at the rates of pay set forth, for the periods indicated

Name. Position. Rate of Pay. Cotes, Elizabeth M. Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Mite hell, Ell en Maid £198 a year (a)

Webb, Barbarn Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

WUson, Hazel !'/urse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Barnes, Patriria Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Employment of Dorothy Whelan as a Cleaner, Travancore Developmental Centre, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay as fixed by the Char Workers' Wages Board, for three hours weekly

Employment of Helen Motratt Paul as Investigator of Pre·School Training (Part·tlme), at the rate of pay of £6 a week gross ·

Employment of Judlth Plgdon as a Physiotherapist, General Health Branch, at the rate of pay of £6 14s. 2d. a week

Employment of Josephlne Marjorie Butler as a Shorthand Writer and Typist (Female), at the rate of pay of Three shllllngs (3s.) an hour

The employment of the following persoiiB, General Health Branch, In the capacities and at the rates of pay set forth, for the periods Indicated

Name. Position. Rate of Pay.

GREiiNVALE SANATORIUM.

Wllkes, Mavls Wardsmald £219 a year (a)

Wllkes. Mavls Maid .. £198 a year (a)

HEATHERTON SANATORIUM.

Loveday, James Thomas .. Vlardsman £279 a year (a.) ••

GRESSWiiLL SANATORIUM.

Cohen, Kevina Nurse Assistant £232 a yrar (a)

Smith, Robin (Mrs.) Wardsmaid £219 a year (a)

Palmer, Cecllia Maid .. £198 a year (a)

HEATHiiRTON SANATORIUM.

Barker, Allan Kltchenman £305 a year (a)

Hatfteld, G. M. Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Hayhurst, June Irene Wardsmaid £219 a year (a)

Palmer, Shlrley F. Nurse Assistant £232 a year (a)

Vinnicombe, Mary M. Maid .. £198 a year (a)

(a) Less deduetlon -of £32 a year for board and lodilnK.

Period of Exemption.

From the 17th October, 1947, to the 9th November, 1947

From the 29th July ,1947, to the 18th October, 1947

From the 22nd October, 1947, to the 5th December, 1947

From the 19th September, 1947, to the 18th October, 1947

From the 29th September, 1947, to the 15th December, 1947

From the 9th October, 1947, to the 25th December, 194 7

From the 30th January, 1947, to the 26th November, 1947

From the :ird November, 194 7, to the 16th November, 1947

From the 12th February, 1948, to the 21st February, 1948

From the 28th December, 1947, to the 14th February, 1948

From the 5th January, 1948, to the 7th February, 1948

From the 2oth December, 1947, to the 28th January, 1948

From the 24th November, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947

From the 3rd January, 1948, to the 30th January, 1948

From the 30th December, 1947, to the 23rd January, 1948

From the 16th February, 1948, to the 12th March, 1948

For a period not exceeding thirteen weeks from the 1st April, 1948

From the 3rd November, 1947, to the 23rd January, 1948

From the 1st May, 1948, to the 31st October .1948

From the 14th Februarv, 1948 to the 20th March, 1948 '

From the 21st March, 194R, to the 16th April, 1948

From the 13th February, 1948, to the 13th May, 1948

From the 2nd l<'ebruary, 1948, to the 5th March, 1948

From the 19th February, 1948, to the 3rd April, 1948

From the 23r<l February, 1948, to the 19th April, 1948

From the 23r<l March, 1948, to the 23r<l April, 1948

From the 30th March, 1948, to the 7th May, 1948

From the 18th April, 1948, to the 15th May, 1948

From the 8th April, 1948, to the 1st May, 1948

J!'rom the 25th April, 1948, to the 16th May, 1948

Department.

Health (Mental Hygiene)

Agriculture

APPENDIX "J "-continued.

Partlrulars of Employment Exempted.

The employment of the following persons, General Health Branch, in the capacities and at the rates of pay set forth, for the periods Indicated

Name.

Sims, Frcida

Position.

GREI!NVALFl SANATORIUM.

Nurse Assistant

Rate of Pay.

£232 a yp,ar (a.) ••

Employment of Beverley G. Powell as a Nurse, }{ental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £213 a year

Employment of A vron L. St. Clair as a Nurse, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £213 a year

Employment of Jaek Aahworth as a Plumber, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £831 a year

Employment of Merle 0. Powell as a Nurse, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £213 a year

Employment of Jean I. Thornton as a Nurllf', Mental Hygiene Braneh, at the rate of pay of £213 a year

Employment of Alec Frederlck J,ovelock, Attendant, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £266 a year

Employment of Franc!s James Jones as an Attendant, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £266 a year

The employment of the following persons as Nurses, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £213 a year for the periods Indicated

Name.

Andrew, Florence

Wrlght, Joan Rasaleen

Employment of Arthur Lesl!e Bate as an Attendant, Mental Hygiene Braneh, at the rate of pay of £266 a year

Employment of Edward John Hammond as a Carter, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £266 a year

The employment of the following persons as Nurses, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay or £213 a year each, for the pe11ods Indicated

Name.

Wrlght, Ada Marla

Ramshaw, Barbara Larra!ne

Mueller, Myrna

:Ford, Florence Amy

Employment of Alan Hayes aa an Attendant, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £266 a year

EmplOyment of Maureen Patrlcla Plunkett as a Nurse, Mental Hygiene Branch, at the rate of pay of £213 a year

Employment of Eric G. Plunket and Victor Henry Dorron as Instructors (Wool Classing) Longerenong Agricultural College, at the rate of pay of £441 a year, Including cost of living allowance, for Plunket and £10 a week for Dorron, with fares and travelling allowances in each case

The following classes of persons employed temporarily at Dookle and Longerenong Agricultural Colleges :-

1. Cooks, kitchenmen or k!tchenmaids, scullerymen or scullery maids, pantrymen or pantrymaids, housemen or housemaids, waiters or waitresses, stewards, yards· men, usefuls, groundsmen, porters, bollermen, chimney sweeps, charwomen, laundry men or laundresse,a, lroners, darners, menders, and nurses

2. Joinen, carpenters, bricklayers, plasterers, painters, brushhands, plumbers, elec· trtclans, concretom, drainers, and builders' labourers

3. Farm foremen, fa.rm asslstante, stock assistants, farm labou generals, ra fencers,

st>Oc men, musterers, shearers, crutchers, shed hands, ml kers, gardeners, orchardists pruners, fruit pickers, slaught<ll'men, butchers, irrtgation!sts, blacksmiths, and mechsnics

4. Persons employed in connexion with clearing timber, grubbing stumps, post·splltting, and woodcutting

Period o! Exemption,

From the 18th January, 1948, to the 17th April, 11148

From the 20th May, 1947, to the 18th June, 1947

From the 23rd June, 1947, to the 22nd June, 1948

From the 20th July, 1947, to the · 25th August, 1947

For a period not exceeding three months from the 20th May, 1947

For a period not exceeding three months from the 12th June, 1947

From the 16th September, 194 7, to the 19th November, 1947

From the 18th November, 1947, to the 27th December, 1947

For a period not exceeding twelve months from the 7th December, 1947

For a period not exceeding twelve months from the 21st December, 1947

From the 12th January, 1948, to the 5th February, 1948

From the 8th February, 1948, to the 14th February, 1948

From the 23rd November, 1947, to the 20th December, 1947

From the 6th December, 1947, to the 12th January, 1948

From the 15th January, 1948, to the 26th February, 1948

J!'rom the 15th January, 1948, to the 26th February, 1948

From the 26th March, 1948, to the 18th April, 1948

~'rom the 17th March, 1948, to the 5th June, 1948

For not more thsn four weeks during the period from the 1st January, 1947, to the 3ht De· cember, 194 7

1 From the 1st January, 1947, to

the 31st December, 1947, and from the 1st January, 1948, to the 31st December, 1948

5. Persons employed in connexion with quarrying, roadmaking, earthworks, dam· j sinking, dam·cleanlng, and well·boring

6. Fireguards and fire fighters

7. Mallmen and truck drivers

Employment ol George Waflace McDonald and VIctor Henry Dorron as Instructors (Wool Classing), Dookie Agricultural College, at the rate of pay of £14 14s. a year for McDonald and £10 a week, plus fares and travelling expenses, for Dorron

(a) Less £32 a year f~ ~d aDd Joqglng.

For not more thsn eight weeks during the period from the lot January, 1947, to the lllst December, 1947

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APPENDIX~" J "--()()ntinued.

Department. Particulars of Employment Exempted. Period of Exrmptlon.

Agrleulture--cont(nued . . The follow:lng classes of pert!Qns employed temporarily at the places and at the rates indicated :-

8tate Forests

Water Supply ..

Artisans and labourers at Burnley Gardens at rates not higher than those ruling loea.Ily for similar work

Foremen Artisans, labourers, and Operatives at Government Cool Stores, at rates not higher than those ruling for similar work

Grain and Forage Inspectors at rates as fixed by the Commonwealth Arbitration • Court

Forema,n and Orchard Hands-Hort.Jcultural Research Station, Tatura, Foreman, orchard hands and labourers at Horticultural Research Station, Scoresby; Aft.(. sans, and labourers at Mallee Research Station, Walpeup ; at rat,es not higher than those ruling In the respective districts for similar work

Persons employed interrulttently as labourers on experimental plots at. rates not higher than those ruling In the district for similar work

Persons employed in oonnexiou with the Malfra Beet Sugar Industry, other than those employed In a clerical capacity, at rates not higher than those ruling in the district for similar work

From the 29th Oetober, 19461 to the 3oth June, 194 7, ann from the 1st July, 1947, to the 30th June, 1948

Persons employed as labourers and attendants and artisans at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show Grounds and In connexlon w:lth the preparation of exhibits for Shows, at ruling rates of pay

Artisans and labourers at the Rutherglen Vitleultnral Station, the School of Dairy J Technology an<l Dairy Research Institute at Wenibee and the Wenlbee Re· search Farm, at rates not higher than those ruling In the respective districts for similar work

The employment of labeurers engaged In work connected with the eradication of fruit From the Sth January, 1948, to lly in East Glppsland, at ruling rates of pay the 8oth June, 1948

The employment of the follow:lng classes of persons:-

1. Persons employed on Unemployment Relief works

2. Persons employed as fireguards and firefighters

3. Persons employed lntermltt<~ntly as herdsmen and musterers

4. Persons employed during University or Achool vacations as Assistants

Employment of A. H. Tweney as a Firewood Machinery Officer, at the gross rate of pay of £7 His. a week

Employment of Alan Herbert Tweney as a Firewood Machinery 01llcer, at the rate of pay of £8 lls. 6d. a week

}

From the 1st July, 1947, to the 30th June, 1948

From the 21st July, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947

From the 1st January, 1948, to the 31st March, 1948

Employment of (liirs.) EYelyn {',oomhes ,._,a Typist (Female), at the rate of pay of £221 From the loth October, 1947, a year to the 15th November, 1947

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