THE PUBLIC SERVICE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2193, 4 July 1914, Page 4

THE PUBLIC SERVICE

That jpoiflfltissioucr. cfti-troi of the Pubfifl fi:erviefe itli-Buxty a fern footing iii this country lias I'i.een de'tooTiStrated in. many wa. ; y:s. Slxp.rcslii'oiis ftovn varionis irawches ■of the Service have ifldiicatod Hiab its. niCTibers wpprecia-to tlie clia-nge. and arj-'it iciist prcjj&'reiS- to givs tbj new sysici-'i a fair trial, and in some .cases, notably that ef-ttei Fos't and Telegraph itepartaicat officers in their ollicial joitVlial the 'KMipa, g'ratifeation has been unreservedly at the *vbi'kiiig rcsi.tlts- of the lie v.* regimp. Hb& pdsjtion o| tire .reforfi't cfteetcd by tlie j?'ttbiik Sgrviec Act'of 1912 was furthtt - strcngthe-iied by tho recent iDnpreme Court jndg-* iment wiikh dsftioßStra.ted that iiftder tbat Act isitblic servants ftre- gtrarai) 1 tcStl air, adequate right tit .appeal' from tlift dtjoisions oi the Coiiifliissiottei-. Btetiewrs iu. hon-polftical coiitroi of tko.PtiMi.c Se-rvleo' will hi frn'tkei' !?licoura:g«-3 by t'feg sfeeond an-ntta-l feport af the Pnklie tefioe Ufrm.mis?ioi'!.e-r. t which v>'&s pre sen ted to Pai'liajtiijflt last .evening. &o mirth Kiay be ventured VipOn even a eursery reading of that document, for white many of- its deta-Us Wouhl ii.a.yft to be eare-hiliy stiidied in onfer to be. fiiil)? ■gi'as.jjc.ci, it hag. out-statit.b ing featares which indicate ill ready ■that impwehunvi.s in ths working efioioiicy of ilia Sevvics are proeeedii'ig Jip'ace in a inftlnier. ealti'il-rtfed to advance tlte iivtevests both til 'Civil Servants and of tiis gewsral public, Ths states quite frankly that a gflocl deal retttaing to bo dime, and indeed he maps out aii affi» bitioiis pfograwniii involving flthi?r thiftgs a complete rearrangemeiit oi tb« Slate 'Dopart--111011 is, antl in a nainbcy of ittstartccs the grouping of- minor P»rpfirtrnctits under one permanent tread. That the fatter of efioii-miiy in administratioii lias ilot becii test sight of tmy bo jndgeiil from the fact that the Qmi' missions!" is able to foreshadow an

annual saving of no less fcha.tr £83,000. Tbo- report cefttaifls gratifying indications also that the rneni-k'l-s of the. Service are .Meeting the now conditions i.n a. spirit of enterprise xvhieh promises' wrt.l lor the future, .As « whole, l-bc report point's clearly to tile fact that a strong cMjtr;U eonfeoi is sinking its infiucttote felt Un'OMghovit the 'Sqivice in a way that has already been productive of valuable results, and that opens up very great possibilities lor future improvement in the intweafcs both of the members of tte Service and ; o| the pitbiis.