PERIPATETIC GOVERNMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1942, 18 March 1885, Page 3

PERIPATETIC GOVERNMENT.

We believe that a good deal of the dis- . satisfaction in connection with the Civil Service avisos from the fact that so many Ministers totally misapprehend their position as regards the work of administration. They are too fond of doing too much of the detail work of administration, and the consequence of this is that they f neglect their proper work, and then the public think this is because' the service is 1 incompetent. It is the duty of a Minis- ] ter in the first place to prepare the mea- ] sures for Parliament in due tinie, and I at his leisure, and it is his duty to ] direct the policy of his department r injtoiinistration, but not to be doing ] waßTwhich could be as well done by the permanent officers of the department. • But instead of that we see that nearly every Minister of Lands, for example, thinks that it is his duty to go pottering - all over the colony personally inspecting overy acre of Crown Land which the " Government wish to dispose of beforo he ' can decido how it is to be dealt with. So t a Minister of Public Works spends a • large portion of his time flying aboutthe colony inspecting the public'works which may be in progress; even if it be only a ( culvert which the department is con- | structing. Again, we have recently seen i the present Colonial Secretary touring ] through the country, with a highly :paid c Under-Secretary at his heels to take notes.. The object of this tour was to enable the ] Hon. Patrick Buckley to draft a Hospital - and Charitable Aid Bill. But how on earth he is to be aided in this task by a personal inspection of the patients, nurses, and surgeons at the various 'hospitals throughout the colony, we fail to see. Any information about the coridi- , tion of the hospitals should have been ] obtained from Dr. Grabham, just as an itgnection of the waste lands or public ijßcs should be conducted by the : surW vefoTS and engineers of the respective departments. If the reports of such officers cannot be depended on, then it only proves that they are unfit for their work; but it is absurd to suppose that it is the duty of Ministers to do their work for them. If Ministers, therefore, vrcrc more in the habit of staying in their , offices at Wellington, of meeting and con-, suiting together in Cabinet, and of administering their departments as' if they were the real heads. of the departments, instead of spending so much of their time in taking trips in' order to do the work of their officers, we are satisfied that they would find time so to organise the Civil Service that the work of the public would bo efficiently done by a smaller number of officers than are employed now, and that all such officers should be fairly remunerated in proportion to the valuo of. their services, and all this could be done without the necessity of any further legislation.—Ohristchui'cli 'Press,' 7 H IiEMEMBERTHIS. If you aro costive or dyspeptic, or are •uffering from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels,.it,is. your own fault if you remain ill, for.:lu>p ; Bitters is a sovoreigii remedy in all such complaints. ... '■'-.• If you have a rough, ■ pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pairis'and achos, and feel miserable generally. Hop Bitters will give you a fair skin,. -rich blood, 'hM' swoetost breath, health,-and comfort'. "..-.- That poor, bedridden, invalid wife,, sister, mother, or daughter, Can Be made tho picture of.health, by a fow.bofctloaof. Hop Bitters, costing' but a trifle. Will you let them suffer. '■ ;■'•.;( In short they cure all diseases of the'. Stomach,' Bowels, Blood', Liver, Nerves,'iQdrieyp, Bright'a Disease,, £SOO will bo mjd for a case they will not oure or help. Pruggists and Chemists keep it. If you are dek with, that terrible sickness nervousness, you will find a "Balm of Gilead" in the use of Hop Bitters. ;! : , If you are wasting away in any form of ■ jMi Kidney disease, stop tempting death this >■ moment, and turn for a cure to Hop' Bitters.