A CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
| "The ■ appointment of a non-political I board of business men to manage the Public Service on. 'business lines witbr ouit fmtteiferenoe from the politician* •would rid (both pailtigb'and the eervice of a monstrous incubus,, and 'make for the purity and efficiency of both." This is the opinion.' of the .Wellington "Evening' Post." -But whdre is the boaird cf Ibusiajc-js men to come from?. The Board would surely be. subject to the will of Parliament. If it) were mot, the miost andac-jous forms of "graft" might be practised with impuniity, for it must be remember T ed that Boards, as memhers of Parliament and Miuisfeiis, pre only hum<an. And, if the Board were jwnenahlei'to Parliament, .would not politicians exercise the t-arae influence as they do alt present ,witih Minister? and (Departments? We arei not averse to n< Qivill .Service Board, provided it can he effective. But can, it?
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10672, 19 July 1912, Page 4
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151A CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10672, 19 July 1912, Page 4
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