CIVIL SERVICE COMPETITIONS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 401, 9 January 1909, Page 7

CIVIL SERVICE COMPETITIONS.

■ In 'faccbrdanc'e'.with. a" suggestion-' made. tp' the Wellington-Branch of-'the-Civil Service As-: sooiation' lastvMay,' arrangeraents'* will iprobflbly be made Sy the ■ branch ■' to organise- the present occasional and', other- inter-de-i partmental matches into a. regular competition (states, the !"Civil Service . JoprnqJ."},'.An -annual football, tourney might bo so - arranged-,-with the many departments, amalgamated- into eight large : classes of' comparatively,-equal strength;, somewhat .'as f611c>v?:—(l) Post and. Telegraph; (2) Railways; (3) Financo, including Treasury, Audit, Stamp, Old' Age'.'Pensions, etc.; (4) Lands, including Lands-'and. Survey, Agrioultura, Stock,' A r alnation, Land Transfer; (5) Insurnnce, including' Life,: Accident, and' :Firej (6). Tax, including Land and . Income. Tax, Advances to Settlers, : and Customs; (7) Internal Affairs, including the old Colonial Sec-, retary's Department, :-Hospitals,. > .Tourist, Friendly Societies;; (8) Miscellaneous,-, including the Printing, Labour, Publio Turst, - Public Works, -Roads, eto.. . , f , >

An inter-departmental "challenge' cup cbuld" easijy be subscribed for, and would lend additional interest' to'thematfer',, /Besides'.foqtball, similar competitions might be,held,at ; pricket, tennis, and possibly ' cards." - In .each-of - the' last-named competitions, th§ lady m,embers of the . Service could , join. • ...