PUBLIC SERVICE ACT.
The Public Service Act came into full operation yesterday, and in future the appointment, transfer and promotion of Civil Servants will be controlled by Commissioners instead: oi by Ministers. We have been told that the Civil Service is seething with discontent at the new order of things. Well, we fihall see. The man who has depended for hi« position upon political influence will quite conceivably "be discontented. He wilt, in future, have to work instead of crawl. The 'great bulk of the Civil' Servants will experience <a sense of relief at the prospect of merit being considered before political and back-stair influence. TLev will do their work better, because they will know that efficiency as well as long-service will be considered, and the country will have the satisfaction of knowing that it ifi getting something like value for its money. The Public Service Act. though it robs Ministers of a power of patronage that plaoe-seekers have for many years enjoyed, is one of thf finest, that hag been placed upon the Statute Book of New Zealand.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 April 1913, Page 4
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179PUBLIC SERVICE ACT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 April 1913, Page 4
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