TESTIMONIAL NUISANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 78, 2 April 1913, Page 11

TESTIMONIAL NUISANCE.

COAEVnSSICESrERS IMPOSE A CHECK.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

"WBIiLINGTOX, this day

The presentation of testimonials and gifts to employees in the Civil Service has in many departments grown into the proportions of a nuisance, hut it will receive a salutary check under the regulations framed hjr the Public Servi-ce Commissioners. Siibscriptiori JistS are to be ibarred, save for specific purposes, strictly limited. .The regulation says that may.tbe collected for the purpose of "making "a presentation to an officer or employee on the occasion of hU marriage or of his retirement from the service, or on his transfer after lengthened sevice. Subscriptions may also foe collected fin any case of hardship, on behalf of the widow and family of a deceased officer or. employer, or on behalf of an officer or employee who has 'been incapacitated for duty for a prolonged period owing to ill-health or to injuries of a severe character. In every such case, however, the sanction of the permanent head shall be obtained, and unless specially sanctioned by the Commissioner the collection shall be limited to the particular department orfaranch in which such officer or employee worked, and any officer or employee who expresses a disinclination to contribute shall not be constrained to do so.