THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
o - 'EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY. A REPORT DENIED. By Telejro •)*!•—Vr«s A.fi-C'ation. TVELLINGTON, April 4. >- Following on the Prime. Minister'* announcomeiit that a committee wga being set up to investigate and repbrj) on Departmental; expenditure, in, tho direction of' elncieruyVand-ecpnqjily in the public: sefvicfe;"a f um'our lias (gained currency that it is likely that the working hours of civil servants will be increased in a similar manner to those of the railway employees. _ , s It lias been stated that in future, it is likely that the Civil .Service work-, ing day would be from eight o’clock-' in the morning until live o’eiock in the, evening. . . ,-- ‘ The Public Service Commissioner (MrP. Yersclmlfelt) gave an emphatic liial to the rumour. There is nothing, in it, lie said;.it has never been corir: sideved, and there is iio piospcct o t it. being considered. ITJi" T crscliaticlt added that there were about, forty_ de-.,. partnicnts which would conic- v ltliin tho j.m-view of the Economy Coup, mitteo’s. inquiries; consequently it,, would bo from to three months, iieforc the committee would be in..A position to make- any report. F‘l
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 5 April 1926, Page 12
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186THE PUBLIC SERVICE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 5 April 1926, Page 12
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