BAY OF PLENTY TIMES. SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1873.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 58, 22 March 1873, Page 3

BAY OF PLENT Y TIMES.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1873.

“ The spirit of the times shall teach me speed.” KING JOHN, ACT IV.

AYe arc informed on good tiuthority that it is tho intention of Mr J. S. Macfarlanc, or Auckland, to come forward, as a candidate for the oihco of Superinof the x>rovince at the forthcoming election. -- ?

It is rumoured that the Government are shortly about to locate a hundred immigrants at Katikati, and a similar number at Ohiwa. Report says they will bo ‘■'settled'’ on the £ame terms, and under the same regulations, as those at present in force at Marton and Manawatu in the province of Wellington. We hope soon to be in possession, of the real facts of the matter, and shall then take an early opportunity of returning to the subject. In the meantime we would suggest to the authorities the actual necessity of erecting a bridge over the Ohiwa River, At any rate the work could be commenced and, if need be, completed by the now arrivals. The Government will, we presume, provide immigrants with partial work at the outset, and as the road from Ohiwa to Opotiki is an excellent one, and no necessary road work wanted in the district, the men might bo advantageously employed in the all important work of bridging the Ohiwa, which it is unnecessary to say is greatly and urgently required. We have received from the General Government tho regulations for the examination of candidates for employment in the Civil Service, which came into force on 21st February last. The examination is divided into two branches —the once qualifying for appointment (junior), the other qualifying for promotion (senior). Every candidate must pass the Junior Examination (see section 9) before he shall be elegifale for any appointment in the Civil Service. ° Every person appointed under these regulations taust pass the Senior Examination (see section Ith before ho shall be elegibie for promotion to any class above the fourth. The Board shall have power, subject to the Governor s approval, to vary the optional subjects, and to frame such farther rules for the conduct of examinations as they may deem fit, due notice ot which shall bo given in the JS'ew Zealand Gazette. Every candidate must pass a certain standard of proficiency, to be fixed by the Board of itsaLuiners. The Board, in publishing the result or examinations, shall classify the successful canoidates according to merit j but the examination is not competitive for office, the Government being entitled to select any successful candidate for appointment at its; discretion. shall be held at such times and places, and before such persons, as the Board may from lime to time appoint. The rules prescribed by the Board of Examiners, subjects of examination, and general instructions, arc before us, but are too lengthy for publication. Any of our readers interested may peruse the same at our office.