" makes £7.5.0, whereas, if you
convert #45, the whole of the -
Fifteen year men
pay of the Fifteen
Ilerting at the rate of 3/1 it
only makes £1.18.9.
6.
It is further contended
in support of their demand that the pay of the European Constables in Singapore with allowances amounts to $50 per month, whereas they ask that their pay should be raised to $55.
9.
The 15 men who were
at home since 1885 on
The
new conditions of service have
in my opinion no more claim for
consideration than other Members
of the Civil Service, who joined when the value of the dollar was much higher than it is now.
It
deems
to be assumed by the
Captain Superintendent of Police.
that because a constable's
pay was
fixed originally at $180 a
year,
the
equivalent at the time of £100; the pay should always be
the equivalent of £100. That
argument might hold good if ...