REWARDS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS.
It h.as been a matter for comment in Now Zealand for some time past that public servants who make important discoveries fcr the more economical working of the State services receive very little encouragement by way of reward. Numerous valuable suggestions have been made, from time to time; but, as these have come largely from persons holding subordinate positions, they have either been ignored or received with the coolest of thanks. Practical!.? no encouragement is offered to men. of an inventive turn of mind to place their inventions before their superiors, with the result that the Dominion is distinctly the loser. Cases have come under notice in wliich inventions which might have saved the country thousands of pounds annually have been unrecognised. This is not as it should be. There are, in the various Departments of the State, men with brains, and men who are quick to discover improvc*ments. These should be encouraged to give' their best to the country, and should be adequately paid for their services. Parsimony and skinflintism are good neither for the State nor the individual.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10133, 2 November 1910, Page 4
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184REWARDS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10133, 2 November 1910, Page 4
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