THE RETIRING AGE
If-it be true, as stated in the Wellington papers, that the Public Service Commissioner does not intend enforcing universally the provision regarding the retirement of public servants at the age of .sixty-five years, that is contained in the Public Service regulations, he will soon find liimself in hot water. The Commissioner is only human. He is just as liable to make, .mistakes as most other people. And if he is to be the sole judge of the capacity of public servants for work after they have attained the age of sixty-five, he will speedily find that his position is untenable. The policy of retiring public servants at the age of sixty-five has not been adopted for the sole purpose of protecting the service against those who, by advanced years, iiave become incapable. Its primary object was to-afford an opportunity for younger men to qualify for the highest positions at the disposal of the State. If these opportunities are to be granted in some oases and denied in others, it will at once be seen that the efficiency of the service may be impaired and the impartiality of the Commissioner brought into question.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 24 June 1913, Page 4
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195THE RETIRING AGE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 24 June 1913, Page 4
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