THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM BILL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1268, 18 June 1886, Page 3

THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM BILL.

Future appointments will only he made on the nomination of a reprosentative of the people. Each mem--1 er of Pai Ijament will have the right of nomina'ion till the whole in turn have their nominees appointed. When the first vacancy occurs all members have the right to name one candidate A ballot is then to be taken, and should the nomination of the member for, say, Port Chalmers be successful, that district would not have a right of nomination till the other ninety odd mem* hers have hid their turn. A Civil Service Examination has to be passed in all cases. The object of the Dill is to effectually prevent ihe system of apby patronage, which has long prevailed, and in all cases (unless in special subjects, such as science, medicine, chemistry, and law), persons entering the Service must commence as cadets and work their way up. This will prevent peop'e coming from Homo with credentials being pitchforked into high positions with large salaries. The Government hive power to dismiss after three months’ notice, and no more than three months’ leave of absence is allowed. A commission may be appointed every three or five years to revise salaries, and report in accordance with the. necessities of the time. This commission will be of a non-political character, and will consist of prominent commercial men. Should the P.ifl t'ccome law, the first commission will probably he appointed soon after the close of the session, with instructions to report where savings can be effected by amalgamation of offices or Lv reductions.

Exceptions are made in the case of professional men and exports. Every person entering the Civil Service after the Bill becomes law will have to do so as a cadet at L4O per annum, and no cadet will be appointed who has not passed the junior Civil Service examination, nor will any officer be promoted to a salary exceeding LIOO per annum until he has passed the senior examination. Although the Bill will not deal with the matter, the intention is to aboil hj the present Civil Service Examination Board, and to entrust the examinations in future to the Education Department, so as to assimilate the Civil Sers vice examinations as closely as possible to the University examinations. From the day a youth enters tls) service until he leaves it by retirement oi death, a sum of 5 per cent is to be deducted from his salary and invested for his benefit at comp mnd interest, so as to provide a retiring allowance. —* Evening Star.’